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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 9533570 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017

Filed:

Oct. 10, 2012

Electric vehicle

Applicant:

Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kobe-shi, Hyogo, JP;

Inventors:

Yoshimoto Matsuda, Kobe, JP;

Takuma Nozaki, Aioi, JP;

Assignee:

Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kobe-shi, JP;

Attorney:

Alleman Hall McCoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

Primary Examiner:

Katy M Ebner

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 1/04 (2006.01); B60K 17/356 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); B60K 11/06 (2006.01); B60K 17/16 (2006.01); B60L 15/00 (2006.01); B62D 33/02 (2006.01); B60L 1/00 (2006.01); B60L 3/00 (2006.01); B60K 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 17/356 (2013.01); B60K 1/04 (2013.01); B60K 11/06 (2013.01); B60K 17/165 (2013.01); B60L 1/003 (2013.01); B60L 3/003 (2013.01); B60L 11/1803 (2013.01); B60L 11/1816 (2013.01); B60L 11/1864 (2013.01); B60L 11/1874 (2013.01); B60L 11/1877 (2013.01); B60L 15/007 (2013.01); B62D 33/02 (2013.01); B60K 1/00 (2013.01); B60K 2001/001 (2013.01); B60K 2001/005 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0405 (2013.01); B60L 2200/36 (2013.01); B60L 2240/36 (2013.01); B60L 2270/145 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/141 (2013.01); Y02T 10/645 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7005 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7061 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7072 (2013.01); Y02T 90/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electric vehicle according to the present invention includes: an electric motor configured to generate driving force to rotate left and right driving wheels; a battery as a power supply for the electric motor; an inverter configured to supply AC power to the electric motor; a differential device arranged between the left and right driving wheels; and a driving power transmission configured to transmit the driving force, generated by the electric motor, to the differential device. The differential device, the driving power transmission, and the electric motor are lined up linearly in a vehicle width direction. The electric motor is located at a first vehicle width direction side of a vehicle width center of the vehicle. The inverter is located at the first vehicle width direction side of the vehicle width center of the vehicle.

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