Battery housing apparatus and electric vehicle

A battery housing apparatus, comprising:

• a housing portion configured to form a housing space of a battery, the battery being removably housed in the housing space;
• a holding portion configured to hold the battery;
• and
• a cover portion configured to close the housing space in an openable manner, wherein
• the housing portion includes a support portion rotatably supporting the holding portion about a rotational axis so that the battery is movable between a housed position and a non-housed position in the housing space,
• the support portion supports the holding portion so that a posture of the battery becomes a predetermined inclined posture in which an end of the battery is located above another end of the battery when the battery is located in the non-housed position,
• the cover portion is supported so as to be rotatable from a closed position closing the housing space to an open position opening the housing space,
• a posture of the cover portion becomes a substantially horizontal posture in the closed position and a predetermined inclined posture in the open position, and
• an inclination angle with respect to a horizontal line of the cover portion located in the open position is larger than an inclination angle with respect to the horizontal line of the holding portion located in the non-housed position.

A battery housing apparatus, comprising:

• a housing portion configured to form a housing space of a battery, the battery being removably housed in the housing space;
• a holding portion configured to hold the battery;
• and
• a cover portion configured to close the housing space in an openable manner, wherein
• the housing portion includes a support portion rotatably supporting the holding portion about a rotational axis so that the battery is movable between a housed position and a non-housed position in the housing space,
• the holding portion includes a support wall formed in a substantially rectangular shape on which the support portion is disposed, and a top wall, a bottom wall, a left side wall and a right side wall, the top wall, the bottom wall, the left side wall and the right side wall being protruded from the support wall, respectively, and formed in a frame shape so as to cover an upper portion, a bottom portion, a left portion and a right portion of the battery housed in the housing space, and
• an amount of protrusion of the bottom wall is greater than an amount of protrusion of the upper wall.

An electric vehicle comprising:

• a battery housing apparatus;
• a battery configured to supply electric power to a travel motor;
• and
• a placement portion on which left and right legs of a passenger are placed, wherein
• the battery housing apparatus includes:
• a housing portion configured to form a housing space of the battery, the battery being removably housed in the housing space;
• a holding portion configured to hold the battery;
• and
• a cover portion configured to close the housing space in an openable manner,
• the housing portion includes a support portion rotatably supporting the holding portion about a rotational axis so that the battery is movable between a housed position and a non-housed position in the housing space, and
• the housing space is formed below the placement portion or between left and right placement portions in a left-right direction.

A battery housing apparatus, comprising:

• a housing portion configured to form a housing space of a battery, the battery being removably housed in the housing space;
• a holding portion configured to hold the battery;
• and
• a holding mechanism configured to hold the battery in a housed position in the housing space through the holding portion, wherein
• the holding portion is supported at the housing portion rotatably about a rotational axis so that the battery moves from a non-housed position before the battery is housed in the housing space to the housed position, and
• the holding mechanism includes:
• a pressing portion pressing the battery located in the housed position;
• an input force portion movably disposed on a movement track of the battery or the holding portion when the battery moves from the non-housed position to the housed position, and
• a coupling portion coupling the pressing portion and the input force portion so that the pressing portion moves along with a movement of the input force portion.