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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2010
Koichiro Honda, Wako, JP;
Hideaki Nakagawa, Wako, JP;
Masahide Mimura, Wako, JP;
Hiroshi Iwakami, Wako, JP;
Kazuo Sato, Wako, JP;
Keiichiro Niizuma, Wako, JP;
Koichiro Honda, Wako, JP;
Hideaki Nakagawa, Wako, JP;
Masahide Mimura, Wako, JP;
Hiroshi Iwakami, Wako, JP;
Kazuo Sato, Wako, JP;
Keiichiro Niizuma, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an electric vehicle that realizes a light electric straddled vehicle using a motor with a small size, and optimizes the left and right weight balances in the width direction of the vehicle with respect to the vehicle body centerline. The electric motor () is disposed inside a swing arm () of a cantilever type at a position overlapping a projection area of a rear wheel WR when seen from the side portion of the vehicle body. The motor driver () is disposed inside the swing arm () so that the vehicle body centerline (C) passing through at the front side of the vehicle body in the rear wheel (WR). The position (G) of the center of gravity of the motor driver () is disposed to be offset in the direction opposite to the offset direction of the electric motor () with respect to the vehicle body centerline (C).