MUMBAI, India, Aug. 31 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202514119767 A) filed by Suzuki Motor Corporation on December 01, 2025, for Electric Vehicle.

Inventors include Tomonobu Nara; Kunihiro Nitawaki -; and Hiroyuki Kamoshida.

The application for the patent was published on August 28, 2026, under issue no. 35/2026.

Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] To provide an electric vehicle (1) that can protect lubrication piping disposed on a rear surface of a driving device (30) in the event of a frontal collision of the vehicle. [Solution] A rear bracket (12) includes a recess (13) that forms a gap with a rear surface of the driving device (30), the gap extending in the vehicle width direction, and lubrication piping (31) extending in the vehicle width direction through the recess (13) is provided on the rear surface of the driving device (30). The lubrication piping (31) is inclined to decrease in height from a left end portion (31A) to a right end portion (31B). An upper surface of the rear bracket (12) is inclined to decrease in height from one end portion to the other end portion in the vehicle width direction, and the rear bracket (12) increases in size in the up-down direction of the vehicle from the one end portion to the other end portion in the vehicle width direction. The rear bracket (12) increases in size in the front-rear direction of the vehicle from the one end portion to the other end portion in the vehicle width direction.

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