US 12,377,929 B2
Vehicle
Kensuke Osawa, Shizuoka (JP); Kazunari Takata, Shizuoka (JP); Atsushi Yasuda, Shizuoka (JP); Masahiro Yoshida, Shizuoka (JP); Kenta Higashiyama, Shizuoka (JP); Kensuke Kamada, Shizuoka (JP); Seiji Umekita, Shizuoka (JP); and Yasuo Miyake, Shizuoka (JP)
Assigned to YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Shizuoka (JP)
Filed by YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Iwata (JP)
Filed on Dec. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/081,748.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-207429 (JP), filed on Dec. 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0192216 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. B62J 43/20 (2020.01); B60L 50/64 (2019.01); B62J 43/16 (2020.01); B62M 7/04 (2006.01)
CPC B62J 43/20 (2020.02) [B60L 50/64 (2019.02); B62J 43/16 (2020.02); B62M 7/04 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle comprising:
an upper frame;
a lower frame;
a front frame connecting a front portion of the upper frame with the lower frame;
a rear frame connecting a rear portion of the upper frame with a rear portion of the lower frame;
a pair of rear wheels;
a drive motor to drive the pair of rear wheels; and
a battery supported by the upper frame and the lower frame to supply electric power to the drive motor; wherein
the battery includes a battery lower portion and a battery upper portion above the battery lower portion;
the battery upper portion includes a projection that overhangs in at least a horizontal direction with respect to the battery lower portion; and
at least a portion of the drive motor is below the projection.