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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10053153 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018

Filed:

Feb. 01, 2017

Four wheel vehicle

Applicant:

Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Naoki Kobayashi, Niiza, JP;

Kuniaki Ikui, Kawasaki, JP;

Takahiro Kato, Tsurugashima, JP;

Assignee:

Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorneys:

Carrier Blackman & Associates, P.C.

Joseph P. Carrier

Jingli Wang

Primary Examiner:

James A Shriver, II

Assistant Examiner:

Steve Clemmons

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 1/04 (2006.01); B62D 23/00 (2006.01); B62D 29/00 (2006.01); B60N 2/015 (2006.01); B60N 2/20 (2006.01); B60G 3/14 (2006.01); B60G 3/06 (2006.01); B60G 7/02 (2006.01); B60G 7/00 (2006.01); B60G 11/15 (2006.01); B60G 13/00 (2006.01); B60G 15/02 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); B60R 21/13 (2006.01); B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B62D 27/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 23/005 (2013.01); B60G 3/06 (2013.01); B60G 3/14 (2013.01); B60G 7/008 (2013.01); B60G 7/02 (2013.01); B60G 11/15 (2013.01); B60G 13/003 (2013.01); B60G 13/005 (2013.01); B60G 15/02 (2013.01); B60K 1/04 (2013.01); B60L 11/1818 (2013.01); B60L 11/1864 (2013.01); B60L 11/1877 (2013.01); B60N 2/015 (2013.01); B60N 2/20 (2013.01); B60R 21/13 (2013.01); B62D 21/157 (2013.01); B62D 27/02 (2013.01); B62D 29/007 (2013.01); B60G 2202/10 (2013.01); B60G 2202/12 (2013.01); B60G 2204/128 (2013.01); B60G 2204/129 (2013.01); B60G 2204/12422 (2013.01); B60G 2300/50 (2013.01); B60L 2210/10 (2013.01); B60Y 2306/01 (2013.01);
Abstract

The four wheel vehicle uses an electric motor () for driving the vehicle and a battery unit () for supplying electric power to the electric motor. The lower chassis () of the vehicle includes a pair of front side frames () extending linearly in a fore and aft direction with an upward slant and a progressively increasing lateral mutual spacing from a front part thereof to a rear part thereof and a plurality of cross members () connecting the front side frames to each other. The battery unit is positioned between the two front side frames such that the battery unit overlaps with the front side frames in side view. Thereby, the battery unit can be effectively protected from side impacts.

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