Straddle electric vehicle
AssigneeKawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroki Kawabata
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Abstract
A straddle electric vehicle comprises a charging connector to which an outside connector connected to an outside electric power supply is detachably attached; a battery which charges therein electric power supplied from the outside electric power supply with the outside connector attached to the charging connector, and discharges the electric power stored therein to supply the electric power to an electric motor; a battery case accommodating the battery; and a seat on which a passenger is seated, wherein the battery case is disposed between the seat and a front wheel, the charging connector is attached to an upper portion of the battery case, and a charging port of the charging connector is located forward relative to the seat so as to face rearward.
Claims9
A straddle electric vehicle which drives by driving power generated by an electric motor, comprising:
- a charging connector configured to be connected to a detachable outside connector that connects to an outside electric power supply;
- a battery configured to be charged by electric power supplied from the outside electric power supply, with the detachable outside connector attached to the charging connector, that discharges the electric power stored therein to supply the electric power to the electric motor;
- a seat on which a passenger is seated;
- a battery case disposed between the seat and a front wheel and configured to accommodate the battery;
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- a handle which is operated to steer the front wheel,
- wherein the charging connector is attached to an upper portion of the battery case comprising a protruding section having an upper protruding wall extending rearward, a center of a curvature radius of the upper protruding wall positioned rearward relative to and below the upper protruding wall, and
- a charging port of the charging connector is positioned forward relative to and above the seat on a surface of the battery case, and located above the battery case and rearward of the handle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.