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Granted Patent B2
US 11,097,607 · App. 16/629,051 · Granted Aug 24, 2021

Electric vehicle

Inventors: Masayuki Hirukawa (Wako, JP); Naoki Matsumoto (Wako, JP); Makoto Hotozuka (Wako, JP); Hisao Nishiura (Wako, JP)
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
B60K1/04B60L50/66B60R16/0207B60R16/0238B62D25/20B60K2001/0422B60Y2200/91
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Patent No.
US 11,097,607
App. No.
16/629,051
Granted
Aug 24, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electric vehicle includes: a seat on which an occupant is seated; a pair of right and left batteries that are arranged in a distributed manner to a right and a left below the seat; and a pair of right and left battery support parts which are provided on a vehicle body and each of which detachably holds each of the right and left batteries.

Claims (22)

1. An electric vehicle comprising:

an electric motor that is connected to a drive wheel;

a seat on which an occupant is seated;

a pair of right and left batteries that are arranged in a distributed manner to a right and a left below the seat;

a pair of right and left battery support parts which are provided on a vehicle body and each of which detachably holds each of the right and left batteries; and

a second battery that is arranged behind the seat,

wherein at least part of the electric motor is arranged between the seat and the second battery,

at least part of the electric motor is arranged below the seat, and

a position in a front-to-rear direction of the electric motor overlaps the pair of right and left batteries.

2. The electric vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the right battery is detachable from the right battery support part by a movement in a right-to-left direction, and the left battery is detachable from the left battery support part by a movement in a right-to-left direction.

3. The electric vehicle according to claim 1 , comprising

a propeller shaft that extends in a front-to-rear direction on an inner side in a vehicle width direction,

wherein the right and left batteries are arranged to interpose the propeller shaft in a right-to-left direction.

4. The electric vehicle according to claim 1 , comprising:

a step floor on which an occupant places his or her foot; and

a step frame that supports the step floor,

wherein the step frame has an outer arrangement part that is arranged on an outer side in a vehicle width direction of the right and left batteries, and a rear arrangement part that is arranged behind the right and left batteries continues behind the outer arrangement part.

5. The electric vehicle according to claim 1 , comprising:

a junction box that is arranged between the pair of right and left battery support parts and that distributes a unit wiring toward a connection terminal of the pair of right and left batteries; and

a control unit that is arranged behind the junction box and that controls charging and discharging between the electric motor and the pair of right and left batteries,

wherein a collective wiring that extends between the junction box and the control unit is arranged in a region that is surrounded by the pair of right and left support parts, the junction box, and the control unit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 7, 2020
From: HIRUKAWA, MASAYUKI; MATSUMOTO, NAOKI; HOTOZUKA, MAKOTO; NISHIURA, HISAO
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051430/0957 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-167376 · Aug 31, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200189379A1 · Jun 18, 2020
Cited By (1)
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