Vehicle
AssigneeKubota Corporation
InventorsKazuo KOIKE, Hirokazu ITO, Takafumi KOMATSU
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Abstract
Vehicle according to the present invention includes a traveling vehicle body and left and right drive wheels. Left and right propulsion motors drive the left and right drive wheels. A battery supplies electric power to the left and right propulsion motors. The left and right drive wheels are positioned on two width-direction ends of the traveling vehicle body. The left and right propulsion motors are positioned on the traveling vehicle body so as to align with the left and right drive wheels in the width direction of the vehicle body. The battery is positioned in a battery installation space of the traveling vehicle body. The battery installation space is located in at least a space located below the left and right propulsion motors.
Claims16
A vehicle comprising:
- a \\traveling vehicle body supported by left and right drive wheels;
- the left drive wheel being arranged on a left lateral side of the traveling vehicle body;
- the right drive wheel being arranged on a right lateral side of the traveling vehicle body;
- left and right propulsion motors respectively driving the left and right drive wheels;
- the left and right propulsion motors being positioned on the traveling vehicle body such that one of:
- an axis of at least one of the left and right drive wheels is axially aligned with an axis of at least one of the left and right propulsion motors;
- an axis of at least one of the left and right drive wheels is substantially parallel with an axis of at least one of the left and right propulsion motors;
- at least one of the left and right drive wheels being directly driven by at least one of the left and right propulsion motors;
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- at least one drive housing coupled to each of:
- at least one of the left and right drive wheels;
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- at least one of the left and right propulsion motors;
- at least one battery supplying electric power to the left and right propulsion motors and being positioned in a battery installation space of the traveling vehicle body;
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- the battery installation space being at least partially located below the left and right propulsion motors.
A vehicle comprising:
- a traveling vehicle body having arranged on lateral sides thereof left and right drive wheels;
- left and right propulsion motors driving the left and right drive wheels;
- a battery supplying electric power to the left and right propulsion motors;
- an axis of rotation of the left and right propulsion motors and an axis of rotation of the left and right drive wheels being oriented along a width direction of the traveling vehicle body;
- and
- at least one of:
- a portion of the battery is disposed above the axis of rotation of the left and right drive wheels;
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- at least one of the left and right propulsion motors is arranged below the axis of rotation of the left and right drive wheels.
A vehicle comprising:
- a traveling vehicle body;
- left and right drive wheels arranged on lateral sides of the traveling vehicle body;
- left and right propulsion motors respectively driving the left and right drive wheels,
- the left and right propulsion motors each having an axis of rotation that is generally parallel to an axis of the left and right drive wheels;
- at least one battery arranged in a designated battery installation space that is:
- arranged within or on the traveling vehicle body;
- at least partially disposed between left and right drive wheels;
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- at least partially disposed below the axis of each of the left and right drive wheels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.