Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Hideaki Nakagawa

Ryo Sato

Masanori Nakamura

Takashi Yamaguchi

Satoru Ikami

Kenji Tamaki

Junichi Sakamoto

Hiroshi Iwakami

Isao Shokaku

Michio Atsuchi

Kotaro Fujiyama

Keiichiro Niizuma

Tetsuro Hosoda

Takasumi Yamanaka

Kazuo Sato

Daisuke Kuramochi

Masahide Mimura

Koichiro Honda

Masashi Nagayama

Tatsuya Minagawa

Soichiro Miyamoto

Takafumi Sugio

Hiroshi Kishi

Shintaro Kiyota

Yuhei Muraki

Michio Ito

Akira Ohshita

In an electric vehicle in which a high voltage battery supplying electric power to an electric motor generating power to drive a drive wheel and a low voltage battery supplying electric power to an accessory are mounted in a vehicle body, a breaker () is provided in a circuit () of a high power system linked to the high voltage battery (); manual connection-disconnection means () for allowing switching between connection and disconnection of a circuit () of a low power system linked to the low voltage battery () to be performed by a manual operation is provided in the circuit () of the low power system; a relay switch () which is capable of performing switching between connection and disconnection of the circuit () of the high power system by being supplied with electric power from the circuit () of the low power system, and which interrupts the circuit () of the high power system when the circuit () of the low power system is interrupted is provided on the circuit () of the high power system; and touch prevention means allows the breaker () to be touched only when the circuit () of the low power system is interrupted by using the manual connection-disconnection means (). Accordingly, it is possible to make a work procedure in the maintenance of a breaker of a high power system easier to follow.

Electric vehicle

Provided is an electric vehicle that realizes a light electric straddled vehicle using a motor with a small size, and optimizes the left and right weight balances in the width direction of the vehicle with respect to the vehicle body centerline. The electric motor () is disposed inside a swing arm () of a cantilever type at a position overlapping a projection area of a rear wheel WR when seen from the side portion of the vehicle body. The motor driver () is disposed inside the swing arm () so that the vehicle body centerline (C) passing through at the front side of the vehicle body in the rear wheel (WR). The position (G) of the center of gravity of the motor driver () is disposed to be offset in the direction opposite to the offset direction of the electric motor () with respect to the vehicle body centerline (C).

Electric straddled vehicle

In an electric two-wheeled motor vehicle including: an electric motor for generating power to drive a rear wheel; a battery for supplying electric power to the electric motor; a rider seat on which a rider seats; a housing box disposed below the rider seat; and a side cover covering the housing box below the rider seat, the electric two-wheeled motor vehicle configured to allow charging of the battery, an opening () covered with an openable and closeable lid member () is provided in the side cover (), and a power-receiving-side connector () to which a power-supplying-side connector leading to an external power source can be inserted and connected is fixed and disposed between an outer surface of the side cover () and the housing box to face the opening (). Accordingly, it is possible to eliminate the requirement for a rider seat to be opened in charging of a battery and thereby facilitate the charging work.

Electric two-wheeled motor vehicle

A non-uniform load is prevented from acting on a cross member to reduce the weight of the cross member in a saddled vehicle. In the saddled vehicle has a vehicle body framefor suspending an engine, a swing armfor suspending a rear wheel WR freely swingably, pivot portionswhich are formed as a right-and-left pair, constitute a part of the vehicle body frameand pivotably support the swing arm, a lower cross memberfor joining the pivot portions, a rear cushionfor applying elastic force to the swing arm, a link mechanismfor joining the lower endA of the rear cushion, the swing armand the pivot portions, a link joint staywhich is formed at the rear side of the lower cross memberand joins the link mechanism, and a lower hungerthat is formed at the front side of the lower cross memberand fixes the engine, the link joint stayand the lower hungerare formed at the same position with respect to the vehicle width direction.

Saddled vehicle

A saddle-ride type vehicle with a swing arm swingably supported on a body frame. A shock absorber is connected to the body frame and the swing arm for applying a damping force. A shock absorber support member is suspended to the body frame in a vehicle width direction for supporting an upper end of the shock absorber. The shock absorber is supported on a central portion in the vehicle width direction of the shock absorber support member. The central portion in the vehicle width direction of the shock absorber support member is formed in a U-shape that is open at a lower side in a cross section taken along a longitudinal direction of the vehicle. An upper surface and a lower surface of the shock absorber support member are curved wherein a central portion lies above the end portion in the vehicle width direction.

Saddle-ride type vehicle

Growing community of inventors

Wako, Japan

Hideaki Nakagawa