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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2018
Piaggio & C. S.p.a., Pontedera, IT;
Luca Carmignani, Pontedera, IT;
Paolo Capozzella, Pontedera, IT;
Jury Cantini, Pontedera, IT;
Walter Mariotti, Pontedera, IT;
Piaggio & C. S.P.A., Pontedera, IT;
Abstract
An electric drive motorcycle () is competed with a filter box in the rear portion thereof, without limiting the space available for the batteries, comprises: a front portion comprising one or more front wheels and a handlebar; a rear portion comprising a saddle (), a shell body arranged below said saddle (), and a rear wheel arranged below said shell body; an intermediate portion extending as a connection between said front portion and said rear portion; an electric drive unit () connected to said rear wheel (); and a hybrid supply unit supplying said electric drive unit (), comprising at least a battery unit () and a combustion engine () actuating an electric generator (), said combustion engine () comprising an exhaust duct () with an expansion chamber () and a filter box () for feeding air to the combustion engine (), wherein said electric generator () is apt to supply said battery unit () and/or said electric drive unit, wherein, inside the shell body () and below the saddle (), a housing space is provided extending from one side to the other one of the shell body () and which receives the hybrid supply unit, in a first portion thereof, and wherein said filter box () and said exhaust duct () are arranged on the same side of the motorcycle.