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US 8,783,405 B2Granted
Saddle-type electric vehicle
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakafumi Irie, Masayoshi Hori, Yoshinori Koyama, Tomoyasu Motojima
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Abstract
A saddle-type electric vehicle is provided with a drive battery and an effectively placed motor unit. The drive battery is mounted directly under a main frame section of a vehicle frame, and the motor unit is fixedly supported to the vehicle frame. The motor unit includes a motor body disposed below a pivot connection of a rear swing arm, and at least a part of the motor body is disposed rearwardly of the pivot connection.
Claims19
A saddle-type electric vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle frame comprising a main frame section and a down tube attached to and extending downwardly from a front end of the main frame section;
- a rear swing arm which is pivotally attached to the vehicle frame at a pivot connection;
- a drive battery unit comprising a battery case and a battery housed inside of the battery case, the drive battery unit operatively attached to the down tube and situated under the main frame section of the vehicle frame;
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- a drive motor unit operatively attached to the vehicle frame;
- wherein the drive motor unit comprises a motor body disposed behind the drive battery unit and entirely below the pivot connection of the rear swing arm, and wherein at least part of the motor body is disposed rearwardly of the pivot connection.
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A saddle-type electric vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle frame comprising a main frame section and a down tube attached to and extending downwardly from a front end of the main frame section;
- a rear swing arm which is pivotally attached to the vehicle frame at a pivot connection;
- a drive battery unit comprising a battery case and a battery housed inside of the battery case, the drive battery unit operatively attached to the down tube and situated under the main frame section of the vehicle frame;
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- a drive motor unit operatively attached to the vehicle frame;
- wherein the drive motor unit comprises:
- a motor body disposed below the pivot connection of the rear swing arm, and
- a motor casing which interconnects respective rear end portions of the down tube and the main frame section of the vehicle frame and functions as an integral part of the vehicle frame;
- and wherein at least part of the motor body is disposed rearwardly of the pivot connection.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.