US 12,103,636 B2
Electric snowmobile
Takehito Suzuki, Shizuoka (JP); and Kensuke Osawa, Shizuoka (JP)
Assigned to YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Shizuoka (JP)
Filed by Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, Shizuoka (JP)
Filed on Jul. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/377,314.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-123580 (JP), filed on Jul. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0017181 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. B62M 27/02 (2006.01); B60L 1/02 (2006.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B60L 58/27 (2019.01)
CPC B62M 27/02 (2013.01) [B60L 1/02 (2013.01); B60L 50/66 (2019.02); B60L 58/27 (2019.02); B60L 2240/545 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric snowmobile comprising:
a body frame;
a driver's seat supported by the body frame;
an electric motor supported by the 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 below the driver's seat;
a battery that is charged with electric power supplied by an external power source and capable of supplying the electric power to the electric motor, at least a part of the battery being disposed below the driver's seat and above the track mechanism;
a battery heater that can be driven by electric power supplied from the external power source and that heats the battery;
a controller that controls charging of the battery and driving of the battery heater by controlling a plurality of switches; and
the controller is configured to independently control power supplied to the battery for charging from the external power source and electric power supplied to the battery heater from the external power source.