# US 12,600,218 B2 · Travel vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,600,218 B2 - Document ID: US12600218B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/264,464 - Filed: 2021-02-09 - Published: 2024-04-11 - Granted: 2026-04-14 - Earliest claimed: 2021-02-09 - Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Kentaro Sugimura; Shoichi Rinzaki; Yoshikazu Sato - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12600218B2 ## CPC - B60K 1/04: of the electric storage means for propulsion - B60L 50/64: Constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles - B60L 50/66: {Arrangements of batteries} - B60L 53/80: Exchanging energy storage elements, e.g. removable batteries - B60K 1/00: Arrangement or mounting of electrical propulsion units (B60K7/00 takes precedence; arrangement or mounting of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion B60K6/00) - B60K 2001/001: {one motor mounted on a propulsion axle for rotating right and left wheels of this axle} - B60K 2001/0416: {Arrangement in the rear part of the vehicle} - B60L 2200/20: Vehicles specially adapted for children, e.g. toy vehicles - B60L 2200/22: Microcars, e.g. golf cars - B60Y 2200/114: Racing vehicles, e.g. Formula one, Karts - 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 - 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 - B60Y: INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO ASPECTS CROSS-CUTTING VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The traveling vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the seat includes a backrest portion that inclines rearward and upward from the seat surface, and the battery housing portion is provided parallel to the backrest portion. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The traveling vehicle according to claim 1, wherein wherein at least part of the battery housing portion is provided at a position overlapping, in a plan view of the vehicle body, a rear wheel constituting part of the plurality of wheels. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The traveling vehicle according to claim 3, wherein wherein a front end of the lower end portion of the battery housing portion overlaps the rear wheel in a plan view of the vehicle body, and a rear end of the lower end portion of the battery housing portion is located further rearward than the rear wheel in a side view of the vehicle body. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The traveling vehicle according to claim 1, wherein at least part of the opening or at least part of the opening/closing portion is provided at a same height as an upper end of the seat or further upward than the upper end of the seat. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The traveling vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the opening or the opening/closing portion that is configured to open and close the opening is provided, in a side view of the vehicle body, above a rear wheel constituting part of the plurality of wheels or further rearward than the rear wheel. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The traveling vehicle according to claim 6, wherein a front end of the lower end portion of the battery housing portion overlaps the rear wheel in a plan view of the vehicle body, and a rear end of the lower end portion of the battery housing portion is located further rearward than the rear wheel in a side view of the vehicle body.