Patent ID: 8776920
Filing Date: 2014-07-15
Classification: B60K,B60L,B60Y,B62D,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A rear protection structure for a vehicle which is equipped with an engine and a rear wheel-driving motor each as a traveling-driving power source of the vehicle and in which the rear wheel-driving motor and a rear suspension are arranged in a rear section of the vehicle and between right and left rear wheels of the vehicle, and a fuel tank for the engine and the rear wheel-driving motor are arranged adjacent to each other in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, wherein: the rear suspension supporting the rear wheel-driving motor has a suspension member supported on a body of the vehicle by rubber bushings, the suspension member defining a space having an octothorpe-like shape, the space being formed by, the fuel tank is arranged in front of the rear wheel-driving motor with respect to the vehicle, the first rear cross member is set up in front of the rear wheel-driving motor so as to extend between the rear wheel-driving motor and the fuel, the rear wheel-driving motor and an electric power supply line connected to the rear wheel-driving motor are arranged within the space defined by the suspension member, and the electric power supply line is provided on a rear surface of the rear wheel-driving motor located opposite the fuel tank with respect to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and is connected to the rear wheel-driving motor at a location in front of a rear end face of the second rear cross member.