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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2022
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 (), allows an effective arrangement of the battery unit thereof, optimizing the available space, and 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 by means of a transmission unit; and a power supply unit feeding said electric drive unit and comprising at least a battery unit (), wherein said battery unit () is shaped so as to have a polyhedral shape comprising at least a first side () tilted with respect to a vertical plane orthogonal to the front-rear direction of the motorcycle (), wherein the battery unit () occupies a position below a helmet carrying compartment () arranged below the saddle (), and wherein the battery unit () extending transversally from side to side in its own portion of a housing space existing in said shell body ().