Patent ID: 8439144
Filing Date: 2013-05-14
Classification: B60K,B60Y,B66F

Abstract:
1. An electric vehicle comprising: a vehicle frame; a frame connector provided on the vehicle frame; a battery compartment for receiving a battery unit which has a cable connector connected thereto by a power cable, wherein the battery unit is removable from the battery compartment in a horizontal direction, wherein the cable connector is connectable to the frame connector; a battery stopper formed by a plate, wherein the battery stopper is mounted to the vehicle frame for stopping the battery unit in the battery compartment from removing, wherein the battery stopper is movable between a closed position where the battery unit is stopped from removing and an open position where the battery unit is removable, and the battery stopper, when placed in the closed position, projects into an opening of the battery compartment through which the battery unit enters and exits the battery compartment, to block the battery unit from being removed from the battery compartment through the opening, and the battery stopper has a stopper body, a positioning member and a pad which is adjustably mounted to the stopper body and allowed to come in contact with the battery unit, wherein the positioning member allows the pad to be moved toward or away from the battery unit; and an anti-connection bar fixed to the stopper body at the inner lateral surface thereof which faces the battery unit and having a base portion, a preventing portion and an end portion, wherein the anti-connection bar is thinner than the stopper body, and located radially outward of a circle formed by any point in the stopper body when the stopper body is pivoted; wherein when the battery stopper is placed in the open position, the anti-connection bar is located at an anti-connection position thereby to prevent the cable connector from being connected to the frame connector, and wherein when the battery stopper is placed in the closed position, the anti-connection bar is spaced away from the anti-connection position thereby to allow the cable connector to be connected to the frame connector.