# US 2013/0153323 A1 · Throttle position detector for two-wheeled electric vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0153323 A1 - Document ID: US20130153323A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/819,628 - Filed: 2011-07-19 - Published: 2013-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2010-08-31 - Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Tomohiro Tsukamoto; Takashi Tominaga; Kazumi Shibata; Hisao Nishiura; Seiji Kato; Susumu Akutsu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130153323A1 ## CPC - B60L 15/20: for control of the vehicle or its driving motor to achieve a desired performance, e.g. speed, torque, programmed variation of speed - B60K 26/02: of initiating means or elements - B62J 45/41: characterised by the type of sensor - B62J 45/42: characterised by mounting - B62K 11/10: characterised by the engine being over or beside driven rear wheel - B62K 23/04: Twist grips - B62M 7/12: with the engine beside or within the driven wheel - B60L 2200/24: Personal mobility vehicles - B62K 2202/00: Motorised scooters - B62K 2204/00: Adaptations for driving cycles by electric motor - Y02T 10/64: Electric machine technologies in electromobility - Y02T 10/72: Electric energy management in electromobility - 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 - 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 - B62J: CYCLE SADDLES OR SEATS; AUXILIARY DEVICES OR ACCESSORIES SPECIALLY ADAPTED TO CYCLES AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. ARTICLE CARRIERS OR CYCLE PROTECTORS - B62K: CYCLES; CYCLE FRAMES; CYCLE STEERING DEVICES; RIDER-OPERATED TERMINAL CONTROLS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR CYCLES; CYCLE AXLE SUSPENSIONS; CYCLE SIDECARS, FORECARS, OR THE LIKE - B62M: RIDER PROPULSION OF WHEELED VEHICLES OR SLEDGES; POWERED PROPULSION OF SLEDGES OR {SINGLE-TRACK} CYCLES; TRANSMISSIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SUCH VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of transmissions in vehicles in general B60K; transmission elements per se F16) - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION ## Abstract Inside of a swing arm (30) that pivotally supports a rear wheel (WR) of an electric two-wheeled vehicle (1) and that is freely swingably attached to a vehicle body, a battery (56), an electric motor (M) for driving the rear wheel (WR), and a board (50) serving as a control device for controlling the electric motor (M) are equipped. Coupling a throttle grip (80) and a throttle position sensor (60) by physical transmission means (62, 85, 86) therebetween allows a configuration so that a turning angle of the throttle grip (80) can be detected, and the throttle position sensor (60) is attached to the board (50). The board (50) is disposed with a planar portion oriented in a vehicle width direction. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1-6. (canceled) ### Claim 7 A throttle position detector for a two-wheeled electric vehicle, the throttle position detector for detecting by a throttle position sensor (60) an opening degree of a throttle grip (80) that is attached to a steering handle (8) of an electric two-wheeled vehicle (1) and is operated by a rider, wherein inside of a swing arm (30) that pivotally supports a rear wheel (WR) of the electric two-wheeled vehicle (1) and that is freely swingably attached to a vehicle body, a battery (56), an electric motor (M) for driving the rear wheel (WR), and a board (50) serving as a control device for controlling the electric motor (M) are equipped, coupling the throttle grip (80) and the throttle position sensor (60) by physical transmission means (62, 85, 86) therebetween allows a configuration so that a turning angle of the throttle grip (80) can be detected, and the throttle position sensor (60) is attached to the board (50). ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The throttle position detector for a two-wheeled electric vehicle, according to claim 7, wherein the board (50) is disposed with a planar portion oriented in a vehicle width direction, the throttle position sensor (60) is attached to a surface at the outside in the vehicle width direction of the board (50) so as to have a configuration for detecting a turning angle of a sensor shaft (65) and so that the sensor shaft (65) is oriented in the vehicle width direction, the transmission means (62, 85, 86) is a throttle cable including an inner wire (62a, 85a, 86a) that is engaged with a pulley (61) fixed to the sensor shaft (65), and the pulley (61) is arranged on the outside in the vehicle width direction of the throttle position sensor (60). ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The throttle position detector for a two-wheeled electric vehicle, according to claim 7, wherein the swing arm (30) is a cantilever type that pivotally supports the rear wheel (WR) by a single arm portion (39), and the board (50) is arranged at an end portion on a side of the arm portion (39) out of both sides in the vehicle width direction. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The throttle position detector for a two-wheeled electric vehicle, according to claim 7, wherein the board (50) includes a control board (50a) on which a control element having a small calorific value is mounted and a heating element board (50b) on which a heating element having a large calorific value is mounted, the heating element board (50b) is arranged on a side rearward of the vehicle body with respect to the control board (50a), and the throttle position sensor (60) is attached to the control board (50a). ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The throttle position detector for a two-wheeled electric vehicle, according to claim 7, wherein to one surface at the outside in the vehicle width direction of the swing arm (30), a swing arm cover (58) that covers at least the board (50) is attached, and a support member (63) that supports the transmission means (62) is attached to a through-hole provided in the swing arm cover (58). ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The throttle position detector for a two-wheeled electric vehicle, according to claim 10, wherein the control board (50a) is disposed close to a through-hole (19a) of a swing shaft (19) of the swing arm (30) at a side end portion in the vehicle width direction of the battery (56). ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The throttle position detector for a two-wheeled electric vehicle, according to claim 8, wherein the swing arm (30) is a cantilever type that pivotally supports the rear wheel (WR) by a single arm portion (39), and the board (50) is arranged at an end portion on a side of the arm portion (39) out of both sides in the vehicle width direction. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The throttle position detector for a two-wheeled electric vehicle, according to claim 8, wherein the board (50) includes a control board (50a) on which a control element having a small calorific value is mounted and a heating element board (50b) on which a heating element having a large calorific value is mounted, the heating element board (50b) is arranged on a side rearward of the vehicle body with respect to the control board (50a), and the throttle position sensor (60) is attached to the control board (50a). ### Claim 15 (depends on 8) The throttle position detector for a two-wheeled electric vehicle, according to claim 8, wherein to one surface at the outside in the vehicle width direction of the swing arm (30), a swing arm cover (58) that covers at least the board (50) is attached, and a support member (63) that supports the transmission means (62) is attached to a through-hole provided in the swing arm cover (58).