US 12,240,350 B2
Electric vehicle
Tomoki Wada, Shizuoka (JP); Soraki Ogawa, Shizuoka (JP); Masayuki Momoi, Shizuoka (JP); Takaaki Miyazaki, Shizuoka (JP); and Yoshihiro Yamasaki, Shizuoka (JP)
Assigned to YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Shizuoka (JP)
Filed by YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Iwata (JP)
Filed on Jul. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/864,598.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-119982 (JP), filed on Jul. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0024960 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. B60L 58/26 (2019.01); B60L 53/16 (2019.01); B60L 53/22 (2019.01); B62J 43/16 (2020.01); B62J 45/20 (2020.01); H01M 10/46 (2006.01); H01M 10/613 (2014.01); H01M 10/625 (2014.01); H01M 10/6563 (2014.01); H01M 50/204 (2021.01); H01M 50/24 (2021.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60L 58/26 (2019.02) [B60L 53/22 (2019.02); B62J 43/16 (2020.02); B62J 45/20 (2020.02); H01M 10/46 (2013.01); H01M 10/613 (2015.04); H01M 10/625 (2015.04); H01M 10/6563 (2015.04); H01M 50/204 (2021.01); H01M 50/24 (2021.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01); H02J 7/0013 (2013.01); H02J 7/0042 (2013.01); H02J 7/0063 (2013.01); B60L 53/16 (2019.02); B60L 2210/30 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01); H02J 2207/20 (2020.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric vehicle comprising:
a wheel;
an electric motor to drive the wheel;
a battery to supply electric power to the electric motor and including a plurality of battery cells and a battery casing that houses the plurality of battery cells;
an onboard charger to charge the battery and opposed to and spaced apart from an outer surface of the battery casing so that an air flow path exists between the onboard charger and the outer surface of the battery casing; and
a cooling fan to generate a flow of air passing through the air flow path between the onboard charger and the outer surface of the battery casing; wherein
the onboard charger receives electric power from an external power source and supplies the electric power to the battery.