Patent ID: 7588117

Claim:
A drive motor mounting structure of an electric vehicle, comprising: a drive motor unit attached to a vehicle body member in a front part of a vehicle, wherein a front part of the drive motor unit is attached to the vehicle body member by at least one front motor mount disposed in front of the drive motor unit, wherein a rear part of the drive motor unit is attached to the vehicle body member by use of a rear motor mount disposed above the at least one front motor mount, wherein the at least one front motor mount has a strength higher than that of the rear motor mount, wherein the at least one front motor mount rotatably supports the front part of the drive motor unit so as to allow the drive motor unit to rotate downward around the at least one front motor mount; and a rigid robust member configured to generate a force to rotate the drive motor unit downward around the at least one front motor mount, wherein the rigid robust member is disposed in front of and obliquely above the drive motor unit, and above and in front of the at least one front motor mount.