Electric work vehicle
AssigneeKubota Corporation
InventorsIrfan Nadiadi, Brian Graf
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Abstract
An electric work vehicle includes a frame, a front axle connected to the frame, a first motor supported by the frame and connected to a first gearing to drive a first wheel, and a second motor supported by the frame and connected to a second gearing to drive a second wheel. An outermost portion of the first gearing in a left-right direction of the electric work vehicle is outside of the frame in the left-right direction of the electric work vehicle. An outermost portion of the second gearing in the left-right direction of the electric work vehicle is outside of the frame in the left-right direction of the electric work vehicle.
Claims18
An electric work vehicle comprising:
- a frame;
- a front axle connected to the frame;
- a first motor supported by the frame and connected to a first gearing to drive a first wheel;
- a second motor supported by the frame and connected to a second gearing to drive a second wheel;
- wherein
- an outermost portion of the first gearing in a left-right direction of the electric work vehicle is outside of the frame in the left-right direction of the electric work vehicle;
- and
- an outermost portion of the second gearing in the left-right direction of the electric work vehicle is outside of the frame in the left-right direction of the electric work vehicle;
- a motor axis of the first motor is offset rearward of a rotational axis of the first wheel in a front-rear direction of the electric work vehicle when a steering angle of each of the first wheel and the second wheel is zero;
- a motor axis of the second motor is offset rearward of a rotational axis of the second wheel in the front-rear direction of the electric work vehicle when the steering angle of each of the first wheel and the second wheel is zero;
- a rearmost portion of the first motor in the front-rear direction of the electric work vehicle is forward of a rearmost portion of a first steering knuckle in the front-rear direction of the electric work vehicle;
- and
- a rearmost portion of the second motor in the front-rear direction of the electric work vehicle is forward of a rearmost portion of a second steering knuckle in the front-rear direction of the electric work vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.