# US 12,594,845 B2 · Traveling vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,594,845 B2 - Document ID: US12594845B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/264,462 - Filed: 2021-02-09 - Published: 2024-04-04 - Granted: 2026-04-07 - Earliest claimed: 2021-02-09 - Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Kentaro Sugimura - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12594845B2 ## CPC - B60L 3/0007: {Measures or means for preventing or attenuating collisions} - B60L 50/66: {Arrangements of batteries} - B60K 1/04: of the electric storage means for propulsion - B60L 53/80: Exchanging energy storage elements, e.g. removable batteries - B60K 2001/0416: {Arrangement in the rear part of the vehicle} - B60L 2200/22: Microcars, e.g. golf cars - B60Y 2200/114: Racing vehicles, e.g. Formula one, Karts - B60L: PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K1/00, B60K6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K17/12, B60K17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES - B60K: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES - B60Y: INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO ASPECTS CROSS-CUTTING VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY ## Abstract A traveling vehicle includes a body having a seat in which a user can sit, and a plurality of wheels provided to the body, the height of a seat surface of the seat being lower than the upper parts of the plurality of wheels. In the body, a battery accommodation section that accommodates a battery is provided to a side of the seat. At least part of the battery accommodation section overlaps the seat in a side view of the body, and the battery accommodation section is tilted such that a rear end part is positioned higher than a front end part. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A traveling vehicle comprising: a vehicle body including a seat on which a user sits; and a plurality of wheels provided to the vehicle body, wherein a height of at least part of a seating surface of the seat is lower than upper portions of the plurality of wheels, the seat includes a backrest portion, which inclines rearward and upward from the seating surface, the vehicle body includes, at a side of the backrest portion, a battery housing portion that houses a battery, the battery housing portion inclines in a manner so that: in a side view of the vehicle body, at least part of the battery housing portion overlaps the backrest portion and a rear end portion of the battery housing portion is positioned higher than a front end portion of the battery housing portion, a lower end of the front end portion of the battery housing portion is provided further downward than the upper portion of a rear wheel of the plurality of wheels, and at least part of the rear end portion of the battery housing portion is provided further upward than an upper end of the backrest portion. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The traveling vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the front end portion of the battery housing portion is located further rearward than a front end of the seat. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The traveling vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the rear end portion of the battery housing portion is located further rearward than the seat. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The traveling vehicle according to claim 1, wherein in a plan view of the vehicle body, at least part of the battery housing portion is provided at a position overlapping the rear wheel. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The traveling vehicle according to claim 4, wherein the front end portion of the battery housing portion is provided further forward than the rear wheel in the side view of the vehicle body, and the rear end portion of the battery housing portion is provided at a position overlapping the rear wheel in the plan view of the vehicle body. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The traveling vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the battery is attachable to and detachable from the battery housing portion, and the rear end portion of the battery housing portion is provided with an opening configured to house the battery or an opening/closing portion configured to open and close the opening. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The traveling vehicle according to claim 6, wherein at least part of the opening or at least part of the opening/closing portion is provided at a same height as the upper end of the backrest portion or further upward than the upper end of the seat. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The traveling vehicle according to claim 6, wherein at least part of the battery housing portion is provided further rearward than the rear wheel of the plurality of wheels. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The traveling vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising an electrical unit to which electric power is supplied from the battery, wherein the electrical unit is provided further rearward than the seat and at a position at which at least part of the electrical unit overlaps the seat when viewed in a front-rear direction of the vehicle body. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The traveling vehicle according to claim 9, wherein the electrical unit is provided further downward than the upper end of the backrest portion. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The traveling vehicle according to claim 9, wherein the electrical unit is provided at a position at which at least part of the electrical unit overlaps, in the side view of the vehicle body, the rear wheel constituting part of the plurality of wheels.