Straddle-type electric vehicle

• US 9,090,310 B2
• Filed: 12/17/2012
• Issued: 07/28/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha (Yamaha Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha (Yamaha Corporation)
• Inventors: Miyashiro, Shidehiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Rocca, Joseph
• Assistant Examiner(s): Scharich, Marc A
• Application Number:
  US14/366,752
• Publication Number:
  US 20140345962A1
• Time in Patent Office: 953 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 7/0007 the motor being electric
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2200/12 Bikes
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2210/30 AC to DC converters
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/52 characterised by DC-motors
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/66 Arrangements of batteries
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/16 Connectors, e.g. plugs or sockets, specially adapted for charging electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 23/00 Other protectors specially adapted for cycles
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 9/12 in the fairing
• CPC Class Codes: B62K 11/10 characterised by the engine being over or beside driven rear wheel
• CPC Class Codes: B62K 2202/00 Motorised scooters
• CPC Class Codes: B62K 2204/00 Adaptations for driving cycles by electric motor
• CPC Class Codes: B62M 7/12 with the engine beside or within the driven wheel
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/7072 Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/72 Electric energy management in electromobility
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/12 Electric charging stations
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/14 Plug-in electric vehicles

Abstract

A straddle-type electric vehicle includes a seat, a foot rest portion, a leg shield, and a receptacle configured to receive a gun-type plug and located in a position facing an opening portion. The opening portion is located in a position within a width of the leg shield and between the leg shield and a rear wheel, the receptacle is configured so that a connecting port faces upward, the receptacle is configured so that when the gun-type plug is connected with the receptacle, a grip portion of the gun-type plug is positioned farther leftward on the vehicle than a plug portion of the gun-type plug.

Claims

1. A straddle-type electric vehicle comprising:

a front wheel and a rear wheel;

a seat at least a portion of which is disposed farther forward than the rear wheel;

a body cover including;

a foot rest portion located between the front wheel and the rear wheel and configured to support feet of an occupant seated on the seat; and

a leg shield provided between the foot rest portion and the front wheel and which includes a surface extending in an up-and-down direction; and

a receptacle configured to receive a gun plug including a plug portion and a grip portion, the receptacle being arranged to face an opening portion in the body cover;

wherein

the opening portion is provided in the body cover at a position which is within a width of the leg shield in a left-and-right direction of the vehicle and between the leg shield and the rear wheel in a front-and-rear direction of the vehicle;

the receptacle is configured so that a connection port of the receptacle to which the gun plug is electrically connected faces upward; and

the receptacle is configured so that at least a portion of the grip portion of the gun plug is positioned farther leftward on the vehicle than the plug portion of the gun plug when the gun plug is electrically connected with the receptacle.

2. The straddle-type electric vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the receptacle is configured so that the grip portion of the gun plug extends obliquely with respect to the left-and-right direction of the vehicle when the gun plug is electrically connected with the receptacle.

3. The straddle-type electric vehicle according to claim 2, wherein the receptacle is located farther forward than the seat, and the receptacle is configured so that at least a portion of the grip portion of the gun plug is positioned rearward and diagonally leftward on the vehicle with respect to the plug portion of the gun plug when the gun plug is electrically connected with the receptacle.

4. The straddle-type electric vehicle according to claim 2, wherein the receptacle is arranged farther rearward than the foot rest portion, and the receptacle is configured so that at least a portion of the grip portion of the gun plug is positioned forward and diagonally leftward on the vehicle with respect to the plug portion of the gun plug when the gun plug is electrically connected with the receptacle.

5. The straddle-type electric vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the receptacle is configured so that at least a portion of the receptacle is positioned rightward of a vehicle center.

6. The straddle-type electric vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the body cover further includes:

a cover portion arranged between the leg shield and the seat and above the foot rest portion, the foot rest portion includes a left foot rest portion and a right foot rest portion, and at least a portion of the cover portion is positioned between the left foot rest portion and the right foot rest portion in the left-and-right direction of the vehicle in a plan view; and

the opening portion is provided in the cover portion.