US Patent Issued to MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO on May 13 for "Arrangement structure for power supply unit and rear seat in electric vehicle" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,666, issued on May 13, was assigned to MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO K.K. (Tokyo).

"Arrangement structure for power supply unit and rear seat in electric vehicle" was invented by Shoji Tanizawa (Tokyo) and Yutaka Akatani (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rear suspension cross member (4) is suspended from and supported by left and right side members (3l, 3r) on a lower side of a floor (2) of a vehicle body, a drive unit (8) including a driving motor (9) is mounted on the rear suspension cross member (4), and a power supply unit (20) including a junction box (21) is mounted on an upper side of the floor (2). A framework member (43) is...