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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2024
Filed:
May. 12, 2022
Applicant:
Kubota Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
KUBOTA CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 20/00 (2006.01); B60K 1/00 (2006.01); B60K 17/12 (2006.01); B60K 17/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 20/00 (2013.01); B60K 1/00 (2013.01); B60K 17/12 (2013.01); B60K 17/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electric vehicle includes: an electric motor; a wheel that is driven by the electric motor; a power transmission mechanism that defines at least a part of a power transmission path between the electric motor and the wheel and that transmits rotational power of the electric motor to the wheel; a wheel brake that is provided on the wheel; an electromagnetic brake that stops rotation of the electric motor; and a controller that maintains a control value of a rotation speed of the electric motor at 0 and activates the electromagnetic brake when a vehicle speed becomes lower than or equal to a predetermined value close to 0.