JPH06199183A - Console box for electric vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a console box which can be installed easily on a floor panel of an electric vehicle. CONSTITUTION:In an electric vehicle constituted in such a way that a battery box is installed under the floor, and a part 10 corresponding to the battery box of a floor panel is projected inside of a vehicle room, and a lower floor panel part 11 is formed at least in front of a front part seat, a console box 30 is arranged so as to stride over the lower floor panel part 11 and the projected floor panel part 10. The console box 30 is divided into a console box part 31 extending along an upper surface of the projected floor panel part 10 and a console box part 32 to connect the console box part 31 extending along the lower floor panel part 11 and a dashboard 3 to each other, and these console box parts 31 and 32 are installed respectively in the floor panel parts 10 and 11. Electrical equipment 41 is arranged in the console box 30.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electric vehicle, and more particularly to a console box installed in the electric vehicle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, an electric vehicle requires a considerable number of batteries as a power source for driving, and the total volume and weight of the batteries mounted therein are considerably large. Therefore, a structure in which these batteries are arranged under the floor of the vehicle body is known. For example, JP-A-52-16733 and JP-A-55-500.
It is disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 080.

However, in order to secure the vehicle interior space to the same extent as that of a conventional gasoline vehicle, the vehicle height must be increased by the height of the battery. Therefore, as a method of arranging the battery under the floor without increasing the vehicle height, it has been proposed to project only the battery installation portion of the flow panel into the vehicle interior, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 48-2627, for example. Various vehicle body structures are disclosed.

[0004]

However, in the vehicle body structure as described above, an extreme step is generated between the low floor panel portion in front of the front seat and the high floor panel portion projecting rearward in the passenger compartment. A new problem arises in that it is difficult to mount an integrally molded console box extending in the front-rear direction on the floor panel at the front of the passenger compartment as in the conventional gasoline-powered vehicle.

Therefore, the present invention intends to provide a console box which can be easily mounted on a floor panel having the above-mentioned steps of an electric vehicle and can accommodate therein the electric components necessary for the electric vehicle. To do.

[0006]

For this reason, in the present invention, the battery box is installed under the floor, the portion of the floor panel corresponding to the battery box is projected into the vehicle compartment, and at least the front seat is provided. A console box of an electric vehicle having a low floor panel portion formed in the front, an upper console box portion extending along the upper surface of the protruding floor panel portion, and a lower console box portion extending along the low floor panel portion, Alternatively, a rear console box portion provided along the protruding floor panel portion and protruding forward from the protruding portion, and a front console box portion connecting between a front end of the rear console box portion and a dashboard. Split into and.

Since the console box according to the present invention is divided into the upper and lower portions or the front and rear portions as described above, even if the floor panel has a step and has a complicated shape, each console box portion corresponds to the corresponding floor panel portion. By mounting the console box on the floor panel, the console box extending in the front-rear direction across the step portion can be easily provided, and the console box portion itself can be easily molded.

In the console box thus formed, the electric components necessary for the electric vehicle are stored. When each console box part is a resin molded product, a metal conductive layer is formed on the inner surface of the console box. By providing the electromagnetic wave, the electromagnetic waves from the electric component can be shielded, and noise to electronic devices such as radio and audio can be reduced.

[0009]

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view showing an electric vehicle 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention, with a passenger compartment portion cut vertically. A vehicle compartment 2 is partitioned by a dashboard 3 on the front side and a floor panel 4 on the lower side.

The floor panel 4 extends rearward from the lower edge of the dashboard 3, rises and rises at the rear part of the front seat 5, and a rear seat 6 is provided at this high portion. The floor panel 4 is further raised at the rear of the rear seat 6 and extends rearward to form a luggage rack 7.

A battery box 9 accommodating a large number of batteries 8 is provided below the floor panel 4,
Since it is necessary to secure a predetermined clearance between the lower surface of the battery box 9 and the ground, if the battery box 9 is mounted below a normal flat floor panel, the height of the battery box 9 is reduced. Only the floor panel has to be raised and thus the overall height of the vehicle is also increased. Therefore, in order to avoid this, the floor panel 4
Only the portion corresponding to the battery box 9 is projected into the vehicle compartment 2 and the battery box 9 is arranged below the battery box 9 to raise the position of the battery box 9 and maintain a predetermined clearance with the ground. Is done.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 denotes a floor panel portion which is protruded into the vehicle for installing the battery box 9, and this portion is hereinafter referred to as a protruding floor panel portion. This protruding floor panel portion 10 is formed below the front seat 5 and, as can be better understood from FIG. 2, a lower floor panel portion 4a on both sides in the vehicle width direction and a similarly lower front floor panel portion 11 on the front side. And stepped portions 12a and 12b which are substantially vertical are formed between and. In FIG. 2, 13 is a bracket member for mounting the seat rail of the front seat 5.

A console box 14 extends rearward from the front end of the vehicle compartment between the front and left and right front seats 5 in the vehicle compartment 2. This console box 14 is similar to the console box provided in a conventional vehicle.
However, in the electric vehicle 1 shown, the floor panel 4
Is configured as described above and the console box 14
At the position where is to be attached, the lower front floor panel portion 11 transitions to the higher protruding floor panel portion 10 via the extreme step 12b. Therefore, it is difficult to position the integrally molded console box across the front floor panel portion 11 and the protruding floor panel portion 10 and fix them to them accurately as in the conventional case.

Therefore, in this embodiment, the console box 14 is divided into an upper console box portion 15 and a lower console box portion 16. The upper console box portion 15 is formed into a box shape having a flat lower surface as an opening surface, and the lower surface is fixed to the protruding floor panel portion 10 along the upper surface of the protruding floor panel portion 10. The front end portion of the upper console box portion 15 is projected forward on the virtual extension surface of the protruding floor panel portion 10 beyond the step portion 12b. Since the front end surface of the upper console box portion 15 has the inclined opening 15a, the side plates 15b on both sides respectively project to the front of the step portion 12b.

The lower console box portion 16 is further divided into left and right side plate members 16a, 16a, and these side plate members 16a, 16a are attached to the front floor panel portion 11, respectively. The rear side of the upper edge of the side plate member 16a is a right-angled cutout portion 16b aligned with the lower edge 15c and the front edge 15d of the protruding portion of the side plate 15b of the upper console box portion 15, and the front edge of the upper edge is inclined by the side plate 15b. It is an inclined edge portion 16c forming an extension of the upper edge 15e.

The side plate member 16a is fastened to the front floor panel portion 11 with a mounting piece 17 fixed to the lower edge of the side plate 15b with bolts 18 with the notch 16b aligned with the lower edge 15c and the front edge 15d of the side plate 15b. By doing so, it is attached to the front floor panel portion 11. The head of the bolt 18 is hidden by a floor mat 19 which covers the front floor panel portion 11 as shown in FIG.

Thus, the upper console box portion 15 and the lower console box portion 16 (side plate members 16a,
16a) are separately attached to the protruding floor panel portion 10 and the front floor panel portion 11, respectively, so that
A console box 14 that projects from the front floor panel portion 11 across the 12b and extends to the floor panel portion 10 can be very easily constructed. Console box 14
The front opening of the vehicle is covered by a vehicle body side member such as a panel member 21 (FIG. 1) connected to the instrument panel 20.

FIG. 4 shows a modification of the console box 14 described above, and the same parts as those described above are designated by the same reference numerals. This modification is the upper console box part 15
And lower console box part 16, that is, each side plate member 16
The joining line 22 with a is a simple straight line, and the upper console box part 15 and the lower console box part 16 are completely divided into upper and lower parts with the surface of the protruding floor panel part 10 as a boundary. It's different. Also, the side plate member
The front upper edge of 16a is parallel to the lower edge of the member 16a, but the side shape of the front end connecting the upper console box portion 15 and the lower console box portion 16 can be arbitrarily changed according to the vehicle body structure.

Further, the side plate member 16a of FIG. 4 is attached to the front floor panel portion 11 by fixing the member 16a to a mounting piece 23 fixedly mounted on the front floor panel portion 11 with a screw 24. . The head of the screw 24 may be covered with a suitable blind cover or the like.

Electrical components are arranged in the console box 14, and in particular, they are arranged below the electric motor for driving the vehicle arranged in the front room in front of the dashboard 3 (FIG. 1) and the protruding floor panel portion 10. A high (electric) voltage harness 25 for connecting to the battery 8 is passed through the console box 14. Then, a coupler (not shown) for coupling the harness on the motor side and the harness on the battery side is covered with the lower side plate member 16a of the lower console box portion 16 at the front portion of the step portion 12b in the console box 14, that is, on the left and right. However, since the side plate member 16a is detachably attached to the front floor panel portion 11 with the screw 24, the coupler can be disengaged by removing either the left or right side plate member 16a. Can be carried out easily and is therefore advantageous in terms of maintenance. This is Figure 2
The same applies to the console box 14 of FIG.

Further, both side plate members 16a of the upper console box portion 15 and the lower console box portion 16 are made of a molded product of a resin material, and a metal layer 26 is provided on the inner surface as shown in FIG. The metal layer 26 is formed by, for example, stretching a steel plate on the inner surfaces of the members 15 and 16a. The metal layer 26 shields electromagnetic waves emitted from the high-voltage Hannes 25 and the like and prevents the electromagnetic waves from leaking to the outside of the console box 14, which is advantageous in preventing noise from being generated in electronic devices such as radios and audios. Further, it is more effective to provide a metallic cover 27 that directly covers the high-pressure hanes 25.

6 to 10 show another embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8, the console box 30 is divided into a rear console box portion 31 and a front console box portion 32 in front and rear. This embodiment will be described below.

The state of the floor panel in the portion where the console box 30 is provided is the same as that of the above-described embodiment, and as shown in FIG. 6, a protruding floor panel portion 10 that protrudes into the vehicle compartment is formed at the center in the vehicle width direction. The projecting floor panel portion 10 is connected to the lateral lower floor panel portion 4a and the similarly lower front floor panel portion 11 via the step portions 12a and 12b, respectively, and the projecting floor panel portion 10 is seated. A bracket mounting member 13 for rail mounting is fixed. The front floor panel portion 11 is reinforced by a large number of ridges 33 which are integrally press-molded.

A rear console box portion 31 extending in the front-rear direction is attached to the center of the protruding floor panel portion 10 of the floor panel thus formed, and then a separate front console box portion 32 shown in FIG. 7 is attached. Attached to the front of the rear console box portion 31, the console box 30 of FIG. 8 is formed.

The rear console box portion 31 is made of steel material and is welded to the upper surface of the protruding floor panel portion 10 which is also made of steel material.
31a is projected forward from the protruding floor panel portion 10.
However, unlike this embodiment, the projecting front end portion 31a hangs down along the step portion 12b onto the front floor panel portion 11, and the hanging portion is also welded or bolted to the step portion 12b and the step portion 12b. It is fixed to the front floor panel portion 11.

The front console box portion 32 is a side plate portion.
A channel-shaped cover member having 32a, 32a and an upper plate portion 32b, wherein a rear end edge 32c is a front end edge 31b of the rear console box portion 31, and a flange 34a provided at a lower edge of the side plate portion 32a is a front portion. Along the dashboard 3, the flange 34b provided on the front end edge of the partial floor panel portion 11
By fastening each with a bolt, the rear console box portion 31 and the dashboard 3 are connected to each other, and the console box 30 extending rearward from the dashboard 3 is connected.
To form. The front console box portion 32, the rear console box portion 31, the front floor panel portion 11
An integral seal rubber 35 is inserted at a joint between the dashboard 3 and the dashboard 3.

As shown in FIG. 9, the flange 34a of the front console box portion 32 is provided along the ridge 33 formed on the front floor panel portion 11, and is secured by the bolt 36 through the seal rubber 35. Fastened to the ridge 33. This ridge
On the back side of 33 is a stiffener that extends in the front-back direction.
37 is attached, and a nut 38 screwed to the bolt 36 is welded to the stiffener 37. As shown in FIG. 7, the stiffener 37 includes a cross member 39a whose front end is provided at the lower end of the dashboard 3 and whose rear end is provided below the front floor panel portion 11 in front of the step 12b. It is connected to 39b. With such a mounting structure, the front console box portion 32 is firmly mounted to the front floor panel portion 11.

Further, since the flange 34a is provided along the front floor panel portion 11 at a high position on the upper surface of the ridge 33, water on the front floor panel portion 11 can be more easily infiltrated into the console box 30. To be prevented. In addition, in front of the portion of the front floor panel portion 11 covered by the front console box portion 32, above the cross member 39a, a water drain hole 40 communicating with the inside of the cross member 39a.
Is provided. The drain hole 40 may be provided with a one-way valve or the like in order to prevent water from entering from the outside.

The electrical components are arranged inside the console box 30 formed as described above. In this embodiment, the air conditioner inverter 41 is arranged inside the front console box portion 32. . As shown in FIG. 9, the air conditioner inverter 41 is fixed to the front floor panel portion 11 with a bolt 43 via a seal rubber 42.

A recessed portion 44 is formed in the front portion of the upper surface of the rear console box portion 32, and a hole 45 is provided in the front wall portion of the recessed portion 44. As shown in FIG. At this time, the chain lever device 46 is placed and fixed. The chain lever device 46 has a chain lever 47 that is pivotally supported so as to be swingable back and forth and protrudes upward, and an operation cable 48 is connected to a lower end of the chain lever 47. Operating cable 48
Extends through the hole 45 to the front in the front console box portion 32, and further penetrates the dashboard 3 to be connected to a transmission (not shown) arranged in front of the dashboard 3.

[0031]

Since the console box according to the present invention is divided into upper and lower parts or front and rear parts, even in an electric vehicle having a stepped floor panel and a complicated shape, each console box part has a corresponding floor. By mounting on the panel portion, the console box can be easily provided on the floor panel. In addition, by arranging the electrical components required for the electric vehicle in the console box, the vehicle interior space can be effectively used as a location for mounting the electrical components.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of an electric vehicle according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, in which a passenger compartment is cut vertically.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a console box of the electric vehicle.

FIG. 3 is a front cross-sectional view of the console box.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view similar to FIG. 2, showing a modified example of the console box.

5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line VV of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a rear console box portion and a floor panel portion in the vicinity thereof in another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of a console box.

FIG. 8 is an overall perspective view of a console box.

9 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line IX-IX in FIG.

FIG. 10 is a side view showing the change lever device assembled on the rear console box.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Electric vehicle, 2 ... Cabin, 3 ... Dashboard, 4 ...
Floor panel, 5 ... Front seat, 6 ... Rear seat, 7 ... Luggage stand, 8 ... Battery, 9 ... Battery box, 10 ... Projected floor panel portion, 11 ... Front floor panel portion, 12 ... Step portion, 13 ... Bracket member, 14 ... Console box, 15
… Upper console box part, 16… Lower console box part, 17… Mounting piece, 18… Bolt, 19… Floor mat, 20… Instrument panel, 21… Panel member, 22
… Joining wire, 23… Mounting piece, 24… Screw, 25… High-voltage harness,
26 ... metal layer, 27 ... cover 30 ... console box, 31 ... rear console box part, 32 ... front console box part, 33 ... ridge, 34
… Flange, 35… Seal rubber, 36… Bolt, 37… Stiffener, 38… Nut, 39… Cross member, 40… Drain hole, 41… Air conditioner inverter, 42… Seal rubber, 43…
Bolt, 44 ... Recessed part, 45 ... Hole, 46 ... Change lever device, 57 ... Change lever, 48 ... Operation cable.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A console box for an electric vehicle in which a battery box is mounted under the floor, a portion of the floor panel corresponding to the battery box is projected into the passenger compartment, and a low floor panel portion is formed at least in front of a front seat. The console box of the electric vehicle according to claim 1, which is divided into an upper console box portion extending along the upper surface of the protruding floor panel portion and a lower console box portion extending along the lower floor panel portion. 2. A console box for an electric vehicle in which a battery box is mounted under the floor, a portion of the floor panel corresponding to the battery box is projected into the passenger compartment, and a low floor panel portion is formed at least in front of a front seat. In, a rear console box portion provided along the protruding floor panel portion and protruding forward from the protruding portion, and a front console box portion connecting between a front end of the rear console box portion and a dashboard An electric vehicle console box characterized by being divided into and. 3. The console box for an electric vehicle according to claim 1, wherein each of the console box parts is made of resin, a metal layer is provided on the inner surface, and electric components are arranged inside. 4. The console box portion is formed of a metal plate, and these are fixed to the projecting floor panel portion and the front lower floor panel portion, respectively, and electric components are arranged inside. 2 electric car console box.