Patent ID: 8919466

Claim:
An electric component arrangement structure of a vehicle, comprising: a right-and-left pair of front side frames extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction; a dash panel extending in a vehicle width direction from one of the side frames to another one of the side frames, the dash panel partitions a vehicle compartment from an engine room; an engine provided in the engine room, between the pair of front side frames at an offset position on one side, in the vehicle width direction, of the vehicle; a connection cross member extending in the width direction of the vehicle and having an attaching bracket, the connection cross member is disposed at a front side of the engine room; a generator driven by the engine to generate electricity; an electricity-storage device to store the electricity generated by the generator; a convertor to convert the electricity from the electricity-storage device; a battery, to which the electricity converted by the convertor is supplied; and harnesses coupling the generator, the electricity-storage device, the convertor and the battery, wherein said generator is provided at a front portion of said engine and on one side of the vehicle in the width direction, and said electricity-storage device, said convertor and said battery are provided on an opposite side of the vehicle in the width direction, wherein the harnesses include a first harness to couple the generator and the electricity-storage device, the first harness is fixed to the attaching bracket on the connection cross member, and wherein the generator and the electricity-storage device are located substantially at the same position in the vehicle longitudinal direction such the first harness coupling the generator and the electricity-storage device extends in the vehicle width direction from the generator toward the electricity-storage device, without bending in the vehicle longitudinal direction so that the length of the harness coupling the generator and the electricity-storage device is minimized.