Electric vehicle
AssigneeTokyo R & D Co., Ltd.
InventorsMasao Ono, Shigemi Kikuchi
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Abstract
An electric motor cycle 1 carrying batteries (12) wherein the batteries (12) and a charger (13) are integrated into one body, and the integrated body of batteries and charger is removably mounted on a vehicle body (2). The batteries (12) and the charger (13) are further integrated with a remaining capacity meter (14) into one body, and the integrated body of batteries, charger and remaining capacity meter is removably mounted on the vehicle body. And, a battery-monitoring CPU for protecting the batteries (12) serves to control the charger. A signal line from the remaining capacity meter (14) and a signal line provided on the vehicle body are connected via a connector, and a display of the remaining capacity meter is provided near a speed meter display.
Claims6
An electric motor cycle, comprising:
- a vehicle body;
- a structure material arranged at a lower portion of said vehicle body;
- and
- a removable battery power unit mounted on and straddling over said structure material such that said battery power unit is substantially equally balanced on left and right sides of said structure material and including at least one battery, a charger, a remaining capacitor meter, a controller, connectors, a CPU, and a pair of wheels pulled out from and retracted into said battery power unit, wherein at least said at least one battery and charger are integrally formed and said pair of wheels are provided one for each of left and right sides of said battery power unit such that a distance between an outer circumstance of said retractable wheels in a pulled-out position and a center of said structure material is greater than a distance between said center of said structure material and the ground so that said battery power unit is removable from any side of left and right sides of said vehicle body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.