Electric vehicle
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsYukinori KURAKAWA, Masaru NAKAYAMA, Makoto HASEGAWA
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Abstract
A rear body of an electric vehicle can include rear body frames attached in a vertically swingable manner with respect to a body frame and a chassis attached to the rear body frames by a pivot shaft on a vehicle forward side in a vertically swingable manner. Front and rear batteries are located on the rear body frames, and a motor and rear wheels are supported on the chassis. The front and rear batteries are housed in a battery case fixed on the rear body frames. A PDU as a battery control device, is located on a vehicle forward side of the battery case. A contactor, having a function to open and close the connection between the front and rear batteries and the PDU, is located on a lateral face of the battery case.
Claims20
An electric vehicle, comprising:
- a pair of left and right rear wheels configured to be driven by rotary driving power;
- a motor supplied with electric power, and configured to provide the rotary driving power;
- a rear body comprising rear body frames attached in a transversely tiltable manner with respect to a body frame and a chassis attached to the rear body frames by a pivot shaft on a vehicle forward side in a vertically swingable manner;
- batteries configured to provide the electric power, the batteries being located on the rear body frames, wherein and the motor and the rear wheels are supported on the chassis, and wherein the batteries are housed in a battery case fixed on the rear body frames;
- a PDU configured as a battery control device, said PDU being located on a vehicle forward side of the battery case;
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- a contactor configured to open and close a connection between the batteries and the PDU, is the contactor being located on a lateral face of the battery case.
An electric vehicle, comprising:
- a pair of left and right rear wheels for being driven by rotary driving power;
- motor means for providing the rotary driving power, said motor means being supplied with electric power;
- rear body means attached in a transversely tiltable manner with respect to a body frame and a chassis attached to rear body frames by a pivot shaft on a vehicle forward side in a vertically swingable manner;
- energy storage means for providing the electric power, the energy storage means being located on the rear body frames,
- wherein the motor means and the rear wheels are supported on the chassis, and wherein the energy storage means is housed in a case means fixed on the rear body frame;
- battery control means for controlling the energy storage means, said battery control means being located on a vehicle forward side of the case means;
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- contactor means for opening and closing a connection between the energy storage means and the battery control means, said contactor means being located on a lateral face of the case means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.