Patent ID: 7210548
Filing Date: 2007-05-01
Classification: B60K,B62K,B62M

Abstract:
1. An electric vehicle which is driven by a battery-powered electric motor, the vehicle comprising: a head pipe on which a handlebar is supported and is freely steerable; a front frame extending from the head pipe diagonally downward toward the rear of the vehicle; an intermediate frame comprising a bent portion at a lower end portion of the front frame, the intermediate frame extending substantially horizontally from the bent portion; a rear frame connected to an end portion of the intermediate frame, the rear frame extending diagonally upward toward the rear of the vehicle at a first angle; a partition plate provided at a front portion of the intermediate frame, the partition plate extending from the intermediate frame at a second angle so as to extend diagonally upward toward the rear of the vehicle; and a battery positioned in the intermediate frame, the battery being restrained from motion in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle by the partition plate and the rear frame.