Patent ID: 8584779

Claim:
A structure for mounting a power source apparatus, comprising: a power source apparatus mounted on a vehicle; and a reinforcing member configured to reinforce connection between the power source apparatus and a vehicle body, wherein the power source apparatus has a power source unit and a device, the power source unit having a bottom face along the vehicle body, the device being fixed to an upper face of the power source unit, lying side by side with the power source unit in an up-down direction of the vehicle and having a length in a front-back direction of the vehicle smaller than a length of the power source unit, wherein a portion of the power source apparatus is located inside an opening portion formed in a partition panel, the partition panel separating space where a seat is placed from a luggage space, wherein the power source apparatus is placed adjacently to the seat in the front-back direction of the vehicle, wherein the reinforcing member is placed in a space surrounded by a back face of the seat, the upper face of the power source unit, and a side face of the device, the side face being opposed to the seat in the front-back direction of the vehicle, and wherein the reinforcing member extends across the opening portion in a left-right direction of the vehicle and is fixed at different portions to the power source apparatus and the partition panel.