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US 12,600,251 B2Granted
Electric work vehicle
AssigneeKubota Corporation
InventorsTatsuya Nagatomi, Takafumi Komatsu
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Abstract
An electric work vehicle includes an on-board charger, a power reception connector enabling attachment and detachment of a charging cable that is to be connected to the on-board charger, and an energizing cable that connects the power reception connector and the on-board charger to each other. Charging ports that enable attachment and detachment of the power reception connector are provided in both a left side portion of a body and a right side portion of the body. The charging ports are provided at positions higher than upper ends of travel devices.
Claims2
An electric work vehicle comprising:
- an electric motor configured to drive at least one travel device;
- a battery configured to supply power to the electric motor;
- an on-board charger configured to charge the battery;
- a power reception connector connectable to the on-board charger, and to which a charging cable connected to a charging stand is attachable and from which the charging cable is detachable;
- an energizing cable connecting the power reception connector and the on-board charger to each other;
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- charging ports to which the power reception connector is attachable and from which the power reception connector is detachable, the charging ports located at positions higher than an upper end of the at least one travel device in a left side portion of a body of the electric work vehicle and a right side portion of the body, respectively,
- wherein the at least one travel device comprises front wheels and rear wheels, and
- wherein the charging ports are respectively located above the rear wheels in the left side portion of the body and the right side portion of the body, and
- wherein the on-board charger has a cable connection located at which the energizing cable is connected, and a distance from the cable connection location to the charging port of the left side portion is equivalent to a distance from the cable connection location to the charging port of the right side portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.