Patent ID: 7264073
Filing Date: 2007-09-04
Classification: B60K,B60L,B60Y,B62K,Y02T

Abstract:
1. In an electric vehicle of the type having a body frame including a head pipe and a front frame member which extends diagonally downward from the head pipe toward the rear of the electric vehicle, the electric vehicle including an electric motor as a driving source, and at least one battery unit for supplying power to the motor, wherein the battery unit has a radiating face for radiating heat outwardly therefrom; the improvement comprising a battery mounting structure comprising a battery case for supportively holding said battery unit on said body frame; wherein the battery mounting structure secures the battery unit to the front frame member of the body frame in such a configuration that the radiating face of the battery unit is operatively exposed to running wind during operation of the vehicle, wherein the battery mounting structure further comprises a front cover for covering the battery unit from the front of the vehicle, and a rear cover for covering the battery unit from the rear of the vehicle, wherein a cooling wind intake is formed in a front wall of the front cover that faces the forward direction of the vehicle, wherein a cooling wind exhaust port is formed in the rear cover, and wherein the cooling wind exhaust port is formed on a side wall of the rear cover so as to substantially face a lateral side of the vehicle, the cooling wind exhaust port disposed at a location which is overlapped with a side wall of the front cover, and wherein the exhaust port is located behind the side wall of the front cover when viewed from the side of the vehicle.