IP Library Granted Patent US 9,090,310
Granted Patent B2
US 9,090,310 · App. 14/366,752 · Granted Jul 28, 2015

Straddle-type electric vehicle

Inventor: Shidehiko Miyashiro (Shizuoka, JP)
Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
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Patent No.
US 9,090,310
App. No.
14/366,752
Granted
Jul 28, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A straddle-type electric vehicle includes a seat, a foot rest portion, a leg shield, and a receptacle configured to receive a gun-type plug and located in a position facing an opening portion. The opening portion is located in a position within a width of the leg shield and between the leg shield and a rear wheel, the receptacle is configured so that a connecting port faces upward, the receptacle is configured so that when the gun-type plug is connected with the receptacle, a grip portion of the gun-type plug is positioned farther leftward on the vehicle than a plug portion of the gun-type plug.

Claims (17)

1. A straddle-type electric vehicle comprising:

a front wheel and a rear wheel;

a seat at least a portion of which is disposed farther forward than the rear wheel;

a body cover including:

a foot rest portion located between the front wheel and the rear wheel and configured to support feet of an occupant seated on the seat; and

a leg shield provided between the foot rest portion and the front wheel and which includes a surface extending in an up-and-down direction; and

a receptacle configured to receive a gun plug including a plug portion and a grip portion, the receptacle being arranged to face an opening portion in the body cover; wherein

the opening portion is provided in the body cover at a position which is within a width of the leg shield in a left-and-right direction of the vehicle and between the leg shield and the rear wheel in a front-and-rear direction of the vehicle;

the receptacle is configured so that a connection port of the receptacle to which the gun plug is electrically connected faces upward; and

the receptacle is configured so that at least a portion of the grip portion of the gun plug is positioned farther leftward on the vehicle than the plug portion of the gun plug when the gun plug is electrically connected with the receptacle.

2. The straddle-type electric vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the receptacle is configured so that the grip portion of the gun plug extends obliquely with respect to the left-and-right direction of the vehicle when the gun plug is electrically connected with the receptacle.

3. The straddle-type electric vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the receptacle is located farther forward than the seat, and the receptacle is configured so that at least a portion of the grip portion of the gun plug is positioned rearward and diagonally leftward on the vehicle with respect to the plug portion of the gun plug when the gun plug is electrically connected with the receptacle.

4. The straddle-type electric vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the receptacle is arranged farther rearward than the foot rest portion, and the receptacle is configured so that at least a portion of the grip portion of the gun plug is positioned forward and diagonally leftward on the vehicle with respect to the plug portion of the gun plug when the gun plug is electrically connected with the receptacle.

5. The straddle-type electric vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the receptacle is configured so that at least a portion of the receptacle is positioned rightward of a vehicle center.

6. The straddle-type electric vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the body cover further includes:

a cover portion arranged between the leg shield and the seat and above the foot rest portion, the foot rest portion includes a left foot rest portion and a right foot rest portion, and at least a portion of the cover portion is positioned between the left foot rest portion and the right foot rest portion in the left-and-right direction of the vehicle in a plan view; and

the opening portion is provided in the cover portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 20, 2014
From: MIYASHIRO, SHIDEHIKO
To: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 033144/0996 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2011-280757 · Dec 22, 2011 · national
JP 2012-265126 · Dec 4, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140345962A1 · Nov 27, 2014