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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
May. 11, 2017
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Minato-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Tsutomu Yoshino, Wako, JP;
Manabu Hasebe, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electric vehicle is provided with a highly simple and convenient structure for detachably retaining a battery, and enabling the vehicle to be lifted by hand. A battery case of the electric vehicle includes an upper extension (F,G) including an upper member (G) configured to be gripped by a hand for lifting the vehicle, and defining a gripping space () for receiving the hand between an upper surface of the battery received in the battery case and the upper member, and a latching structure () is provided between an upper part of the battery and an opposing part of the battery case, the latching structure including an operating member () positioned inside the gripping space.