Electric motorcycle
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoshihisa Kanno, Hiroyuki Kikuchi
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Abstract
An electric motorcycle in which a power drive unit and a motive power generation motor for traveling are secured to a swing arm swinging around a pivot shaft, and power from a battery is supplied through the power drive unit to the motive power generation motor. A hollow inside of the swing arm is partitioned into an air introducing space and an equipment fixing space by a partition wall. The power drive unit is secured in the equipment fixing space so as to be in close contact with the partition wall and a fin extending from the partition wall to the air introducing space are formed at a fixing surface of the air introducing space to which the power drive unit is attached.
Claims11
An electric motorcycle having a power drive unit and a motive power generation motor secured to a swing arm configured to swing about a pivot shaft, and power from a battery being supplied through the power drive unit to the motive power generation motor, the electric motorcycle comprising:
- a hollow inside of the swing arm partitioned into an air introducing space and an equipment fixing space by a partition wall,
- wherein the power drive unit is located in the equipment fixing space and is secured to a fixing surface of the partition wall, and
- at least one fin extending from the partition wall into the air introducing space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.