Patent ID: 8657355

Claim:
A protective structure for a high-voltage unit in a vehicle equipped with the high-voltage unit, the vehicle being provided with a cabin, a storage compartment to store the high-voltage unit located in front of the cabin in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, a dash panel to partition the cabin and the storage compartment, and a high-voltage cable connected to the high-voltage unit, wherein the high-voltage cable is routed from a rear part on a side of the cabin in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle toward a side surface of the vehicle along a wall surface of the dash panel on a side of the storage compartment, deformed into a U-shape in a space between the dash panel and the high-voltage unit on the way to the high-voltage unit, connected to a side surface of the high-voltage unit, and shaped such that a part of the high-voltage cable which is routed along the wall surface of the dash panel on the side of the storage compartment and a part connected to the high-voltage unit are substantially parallel to each other.