Patent ID: 8820452
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: B60K,B60L,B60Y,Y02E,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A vehicle component mounting structure comprising: a vehicle body; a battery mounted on the vehicle body; a charger mounted on the vehicle body that converts a lower-voltage electric power supplied thereto from an external source into a higher-voltage electric power that is supplied to the battery; a high-power electrical component other than the charger mounted on the vehicle body with high voltage being supplied to the high-power electrical component; an electric charging port electrically connected to the charger to supply electric power from the external source to the charger, the electric charging port being positioned closer to the high-power electrical component than to the charger, and the charger and the high-power electrical component being arranged on opposite sides of the battery with respect to a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body; a first charging harness electrically connecting the battery to the high-power electrical component; a second charging harness electrically connecting the first charging harness to the charger; and a relay operatively arranged with respect to the second charging harness with the relay being arranged to switch the second harness between a state of being connected to the first charging harness and a state of being disconnected from the first charging harness.