Patent ID: 8517127

Claim:
A vehicle component mounting arrangement comprising: a motor serving as a vehicle drive source; an inverter electrically connected to the motor to supply a drive current to the motor, the inverter being vertically arranged above the motor in a vertical direction of a vehicle such that a vertical space exists directly between the inverter and the motor in the vertical direction of the vehicle; a converter vertically arranged inside a motor room of the vehicle with the inverter extending horizontally outward with respect to the converter in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle such that a space facing portion of the converter aligns with the vertical space existing between the inverter and the motor as viewed in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle; and a charging port electrically connected to the converter by a charging harness that is at least partially disposed in the vertical space existing between the inverter and the motor, the charging port being positioned horizontally outward with respect to the inverter in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.