US Patent Issued to MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO on July 15 for "Arrangement structure of power supply unit in electric vehicle" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,358, issued on July 15, was assigned to MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO K.K. (Tokyo).

"Arrangement structure of power supply unit in electric vehicle" was invented by Shoji Tanizawa (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A total of four anchor points (5fl, 5fr, 5rl, and 5rr) are provided at front positions and rear positions of a left side member and a right side member (3l and 3r) provided on a floor (2). A drive motor (9), an inverter (10), and a transaxle (11), which serve as a drive unit (8), are mounted on the rear suspension cross member (4) supportively suspended from the respective anchor points. A junction box (21), a charger (22), ...