US 12,139,233 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 Aug. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/395,479.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-142378 (JP), filed on Aug. 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0063764 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. B62M 27/02 (2006.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B60L 58/26 (2019.01)
CPC B62M 27/02 (2013.01) [B60L 50/66 (2019.02); B60L 58/26 (2019.02); B62M 2027/028 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric snowmobile, comprising:
a body frame extending in a front-rear direction;
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 which is supported by the body frame below the driver's seat;
a battery that supplies electric power to the electric motor; and
a control unit including an electronic component and a housing for housing the electronic component, the electronic component controlling a rotation of the electric motor or driving of the battery, wherein
an opening is formed in the body frame so that a portion of the control unit is exposed from the opening to face the track belt;
wherein the opening is formed such that a portion of the track belt is disposed in an extension of the opening in a direction perpendicular to an opening surface of the opening.