Electric vehicle including an interchangeable cargo and battery submodule
OwnerJames Matthew Neeinventor
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Abstract
An electric vehicle features a reverse tricycle frame with a longitudinal tube, steering housing, and suspension for dual front wheels. It employs an electric motor to drive the rear wheel and supports an interchangeable module. The module integrates a cargo compartment and a battery submodule beneath its floor. A module-mounted rail interface engages the frame-mounted rail, securing the module in two spatial dimensions, while a module-mounted electromechanical interface connects via translation to the frame-mounted electromechanical interface, locking the module in a third spatial dimension and electrically linking the battery to the motor.
Claims9
An electric vehicle comprising:
- a reverse tricycle frame comprising:
- a longitudinal tube;
- a steering housing tube coupled to the longitudinal tube and extending vertically from the longitudinal tube;
- a suspension subframe coupled to the longitudinal tube forward of the steering housing tube and configured to suspend the electric vehicle over a pair of forward-mounted wheels;
- a frame-mounted rail interface arranged over the suspension subframe between the pair of forward-mounted wheels;
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- a frame-mounted electromechanical interface mounted to the steering housing tube;
- an electric motor configured to drive a rear wheel of the electric vehicle;
- an interchangeable module comprising:
- a module body;
- a cargo compartment integrated with the module body;
- a battery submodule arranged under a floor of the cargo compartment;
- a module-mounted rail interface configured to engage with the frame-mounted rail interface to substantially constrain the interchangeable module in two spatial dimensions;
- and
- a module-mounted electromechanical interface coupled to the module body and configured to:
- engage with the frame-mounted electromechanical interface via translation of the interchangeable module along the frame-mounted rail interface to substantially constrain the interchangeable module in a third spatial dimension;
- and
- electrically couple the battery submodule to the electric motor.
An electric vehicle comprising:
- a reverse tricycle frame comprising:
- a longitudinal tube;
- a steering housing tube coupled to the longitudinal tube and extending from the longitudinal tube;
- a suspension subframe coupled to the longitudinal tube forward of the steering housing tube and configured to suspend the electric vehicle over a pair of forward-mounted wheels;
- a frame-mounted rail interface arranged over the suspension subframe between the pair of forward-mounted wheels;
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- a frame-mounted electromechanical interface mounted to the steering housing tube;
- an electric motor configured to drive a rear wheel of the electric vehicle;
- an interchangeable module comprising:
- a module body;
- a cargo compartment integrated with the module body;
- a battery submodule;
- a module-mounted rail interface configured to engage with the frame-mounted rail interface to substantially constrain the interchangeable module in two spatial dimensions;
- and
- a module-mounted electromechanical interface coupled to the module body and configured to:
- engage with the frame-mounted electromechanical interface via translation of the interchangeable module along the frame-mounted rail interface to substantially constrain the interchangeable module in a third spatial dimension;
- and
- electrically couple the battery submodule to the electric motor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.