Patent ID: 9085226
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: B60K,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A vehicle which is driven using power of a drive motor which is driven by electric power supplied from a secondary battery, the vehicle comprising: a propeller shaft which is disposed below a floor panel in a vertical direction of the vehicle extending in a fore-and-aft direction of the vehicle, and is configured to transmit power of the drive motor to a rear wheel; and a battery unit having the secondary battery, wherein the battery unit includes a middle section, a right-side section and a left-side section in the width direction of the vehicle, the battery unit is disposed below the floor panel so as to cover the propeller shaft, and the battery unit has a recess that is open toward the floor panel formed in a fore-and-aft direction of the vehicle, and the propeller shaft is housed in an inner space enclosed by the floor panel and an upper surface of the recess which is configured as an air guide duct.