US 11,731,734 B2
Electric snowmobile
Yasushi Matsushita, Shizuoka (JP)
Assigned to YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Shizuoka (JP)
Filed by Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, Shizuoka (JP)
Filed on Jul. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/366,047.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-118374 (JP), filed on Jul. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0009589 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. B62M 27/02 (2006.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B62J 43/10 (2020.01); B62J 43/20 (2020.01)
CPC B62M 27/02 (2013.01) [B60L 50/60 (2019.02); B60L 2200/00 (2013.01); B62M 2027/025 (2013.01); B62M 2027/027 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric snowmobile comprising:
a body frame;
a ski supported by the body frame;
a track mechanism, which includes a track belt, and the track mechanism being supported by the body frame more rearward than the ski;
a steering shaft supported by the body frame;
an electric motor supported by the body frame;
a battery supported by the body frame, the battery supplying electric power to the electric motor; wherein
the body frame includes a shaft support frame that rotatably supports the steering shaft, a front frame that extends forwardly and downwardly from the shaft support frame, and a rear frame that extends rearwardly and downwardly from the shaft support frame,
wherein the battery is supported by the front frame and the rear frame such that at least a portion of the battery is disposed in a region formed by a polygon connected by the front frame, the rear frame, a lower end of the front frame, and a lower distal end of the rear frame, in a side view,
wherein the body frame includes a lower frame extending in a front-rear direction, wherein the lower distal end of the rear frame is attached to the lower frame;
wherein the snowmobile further comprises a housing fixed to both the front frame and the rear frame; and
wherein the battery is configured to be detachable from the housing.