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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2011
Nobuyuki Kondo, Wako, JP;
Junichi Matsuda, Wako, JP;
Takasumi Yamanaka, Wako, JP;
Naoyoshi Honda, Wako, JP;
Izumi Kanazawa, Wako, JP;
Yuichiro Shimura, Wako, JP;
Nobuyuki Kondo, Wako, JP;
Junichi Matsuda, Wako, JP;
Takasumi Yamanaka, Wako, JP;
Naoyoshi Honda, Wako, JP;
Izumi Kanazawa, Wako, JP;
Yuichiro Shimura, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electric vehicle includes a vehicle body frame; an electric motor; a swing arm pivotally supporting a rear wheel at a rear end thereof; a drive shaft for transmitting the driving force of the electric motor to the wheel; and a suspension connecting the vehicle body frame and the swing arm together. The electric motor is set in a longitudinal layout in which a rotating drive shaft is disposed in a front-rear direction of the vehicle; and is offset from a center to either of left and right sides in a vehicle width direction. The suspension is disposed under the electric motor and the drive shaft, and on the inner sides of the electric motor and the drive shaft in the vehicle width direction, and overlapping the positions of the electric motor and the drive shaft in the front-rear direction.