Travel vehicle
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsKentaro Sugimura, Shoichi Rinzaki, Yoshikazu Sato
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Abstract
A racing kart that is a travel vehicle includes a car body equipped with a seat on which a user can be seated; and a plurality of wheels which are provided to the car body. The seat is configured such that a seating face thereof is positioned lower than the top of the wheels. The car body is provided with a battery housing which is for storing a battery therein and is disposed at the rear of the seat and at a position overlapping at least a part of the seat in a rear view of the car body. The battery housing is slanted such that an upper end thereof is positioned more rearward than a lower end thereof.
Claims7
A traveling vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body including a seat on which a user sits, the seat including a seat back and a seating surface;
- and a plurality of wheels provided to the vehicle body, wherein a height of at least part of the seating surface of the seat is lower than upper parts of the plurality of wheels,
- wherein the vehicle body includes a battery housing portion that houses a battery at a position rearward of the seat and overlaps at least part of the seat in a rear view of the vehicle body,
- the battery housing portion inclines in a manner so that an upper end portion is located further rearward than a lower end portion,
- the battery is attachable to and detachable from the battery housing portion,
- the upper 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, and
- at least the upper end portion of the battery housing portion is located further upward than a top of the seat back, the upper end portion of the battery housing portion protruding from the outer surface of the vehicle body so as to be exposed on an outside of the outer surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.