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Granted Patent B2
US 9,130,211 · App. 14/398,677 · Granted Sep 8, 2015

Battery mounting structure and electric bicycle

Inventor: Mitsuru Ogawa (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
H01M2/1083B62H5/00B62H5/001B62J11/00B62M6/90B62J99/00B62K19/30B62K19/40H01M2220/20
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,130,211
App. No.
14/398,677
Granted
Sep 8, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A battery mounting structure includes a locking device 23 that fastens and releases a battery 13 mounted on a mounting part 16 , and an auxiliary removal lever 24 that presses the battery 13 in a released state from the mounting part 16 in a removal direction. The locking device 23 has a cylindrical locking barrel 27 . The auxiliary removal lever 24 has a pushing member 32 that presses the battery 13 in the removal direction and is pivotally supported by the locking barrel 27 so as to be fit onto the locking barrel 27.

Claims (15)

1. A battery mounting structure detachably mounted on a body of an electric vehicle,

the battery mounting structure comprising a locking device that fastens and releases a battery mounted on a mounting part of the body, and an auxiliary removal lever that presses the battery in a released state from the mounting part in a removal direction,

wherein the locking device is a cylinder lock that is provided on the body and has a cylindrical locking barrel for insertion of a key,

the auxiliary removal lever has a pushing member that presses the battery in the removal direction, and is pivotally supported by the locking barrel of the locking device, and

pivoting of the auxiliary removal lever in one direction causes the pushing member to press the battery, whereas pivoting of the auxiliary removal lever in the other direction retracts the pushing member from the battery.

2. The battery mounting structure according to claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary removal lever has a proximal end that is fit onto the locking barrel, and

the locking barrel is inserted into a biasing member that biases the auxiliary removal lever in the other direction.

3. The battery mounting structure according to claim 1 , wherein the battery and the mounting part have a plug-in battery connector and a mounting-part connector, and

the battery is pressed from the mounting part in the removal direction by the auxiliary removal lever so as to separate the battery connector from the mounting-part connector.

4. The battery mounting structure according to claim 1 , wherein the battery has an engaging portion,

the mounting part has an engaged portion,

the engaging portion engages with the engaged portion in a mounting direction of the battery, and

the battery is pressed from the mounting part in the removal direction by the auxiliary removal lever so as to move the engaging portion in a direction that separates from the engaged portion.

5. An electric bicycle comprising the battery mounting structure according to claim 1 ,

the mounting part being provided on a body frame.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2015
From: OGAWA, MITSURU
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 034732/0010 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150114734A1 · Apr 30, 2015