An electric vehicle may include: a body comprising a compartment on a front side of a cabin; a component frame located in the compartment, and connected to the body; and a circuit case located on the component frame, comprising therein a control circuit configured to control a traction motor, and constituted of metal. The component frame may comprise: a plurality of crossmembers extending along a vehicle left-right direction; and a connection member connecting the plurality of crossmembers to each other. The plurality of crossmembers may comprise a rear crossmember which is a rearmost crossmember of the plurality of crossmembers. The circuit case may be on the front side of a rear end of the rear crossmember in a top view.

This disclosure details exemplary electrical architectural layouts for distributing high voltage power within electrified vehicles. An exemplary battery pack associated with an electrical architectural layout of an electrified vehicle may include an enclosure assembly that houses one or more battery arrays. The battery arrays may be efficiently arranged relative to one another inside the enclosure assembly to establish an open channel within the enclosure assembly. A high voltage wiring harness may be routed through an interior of the battery pack within the open channel. The exemplary electrical architectural layouts of this disclosure may be employed within all-wheel drive, rear-wheel drive, or front-wheel drive electrified vehicles.

A method for providing electrical connection to a heater grid outside of a sealing area of a vehicular rear liftgate window assembly includes providing a glass window panel configured to be pivotally mounted at a vehicle and (i) establishing a heater grid at a central region of an inner surface of the glass window panel, (ii) establishing busbars at the inner surface inboard of a perimeter region and at terminal ends of the electrically conductive traces, and (iii) establishing busbar connecting portions at the inner surface that electrically connect to and extend from the respective busbars across the perimeter region to an outboard region of the inner surface of the glass window panel. The perimeter region includes a sealing region that contacts a seal at the vehicle when the glass window panel is pivotally mounted at the vehicle and when the glass window panel is in the closed position.

In at least some implementations, a wire includes a core formed from an electrically conductive material and having an outer surface, and a polymeric insulator surrounding the core. The insulator has a resistivity of between 10.sup.5 and 10.sup.9 ohms/square, and the insulator has an inner surface engaged with the core. In at least some implementations, the core is formed from metal and has a conductivity of at least 1106 m. The insulator may include a base material and a conductive material in the base material, wherein the conductive material has a conductivity between 10.sup.5 and 10.sup.6 ohms/square. The insulator may have an outer surface that defines an outer surface of the wire and/or the insulator may have an inner surface engaged with the core.

A vehicle includes an electric equipment and a cable connected to the electric equipment, a cable connection portion of the electric equipment is disposed on one side of the vehicle in a front-rear direction, and the cable connection portion is disposed closer to the other side in the front-rear direction than an end surface on the one side in the front-rear direction of the electric equipment and at a position lower than an uppermost surface of the electric equipment. The cable includes a first wire portion extending from the cable connection portion to one side of the vehicle in the width direction; a second wire portion continuously extending to the other side in the front-rear direction, and a third wire portion continuously extending to the other side in the width direction, and the cable is disposed along an upper surface of the electric equipment.

A power supply apparatus includes a battery pack for an electric vehicle, and an interface unit that couples the battery pack and a plurality of electrical devices. The interface unit includes a branch connector provided with a coupling unit and a plurality of fuses. The coupling unit allows coupling wires to join. Each of the coupling wires is coupled to a corresponding one of electrical devices. Each of the plurality of fuses is disposed in a corresponding one of coupling wires. The interface unit also includes a battery pack connector that is able to be coupled to the branch connector. In a state in which the branch connector is coupled to the battery pack connector, the power supply apparatus is configured to be able to supply electric power from the battery pack to each of the plurality of electrical devices via the coupling unit.

A mounting system includes a chassis, guide rods, and lifting elements. The guide rods extend from a back wall of the chassis and are suspended above a support platform of the chassis. A first guide rod is spaced a designated height above the support platform to be received within a channel of a module while the module is disposed on the support platform. The first guide rod guides movement of the module towards the back wall. As the module approaches the back wall, a first lifting element engages the module at an angled contact interface to lift the module off the support platform responsive to additional movement of the module towards the back wall. When the module is fully loaded, the module is supported by the back wall, the first lifting element, and/or the first guide rod, and is spaced apart from the support platform by a gap.

A truck, comprising a rear axle, comprising a motor housing extending laterally between rear wheels of the truck, and an electric motor and power transmission coaxially aligned in said motor housing and arranged for driving the rear wheels; and a suspension system, for suspending the rear axle to a chassis of the truck, said suspension system at least comprising a pair of springs and shock absorbers, and an anti-roll stabilizer and a guiding rod linkage for allowing movement in a vertical direction relative to the chassis; wherein the motor housing is limited by a minimum vertical ground clearance between the road surface and a bottom surface of the motor housing; wherein the motor housing comprises a reinforced central top section providing a guiding rod mount for pivotally mounting the guiding rod linkage to the rear axle; wherein the motor housing further comprises suspension yokes integrated into the housing and extending on either side of the motor housing near both axial ends, said suspension yokes providing spring mounts and shock absorber mounts for mounting said opposed pair of springs and shock absorbers, wherein the motor housing comprises a rear section outer surface provided with connectors, to provide input ports to the electric motor and wherein said connectors are provided in an orientation to guide one or more high voltage power cables adjacent the rear section outer surface in a vertical upward direction.

A string-shaped-object binder that binds together a plurality of string-shaped objects, each routed in a slackened state between two vehicle components that move relative to each other, at a predetermined position between the two vehicle components. The string-shaped-object binder includes a fixing retainer that fixedly retains one of the string-shaped objects, and a movement-allowing retainer that retains another one of the string-shaped objects so as to allow the string-shaped object to move in a direction in which an axis of the string-shaped object extends and in directions orthogonal to the axis.

A vehicle window has two individual panes that are bonded by an adhesive layer. A window support has a connection segment, forming a holder, for mechanically connecting to the vehicle window. An electrical contact element that is partially arranged within the holder is fastened to the window support. The electrical contact element, which has the form of a ribbon conductor, serves to electrically contact an electrical counter contact element of the vehicle window. According to one aspect, the electrical contact element is routed, from between the two individual panes, out of the vehicle window, and is fastened to a surface of the vehicle window.