Patent ID: 8505668
Filing Date: 2013-08-13
Classification: B60K,B60L,B60Y,B62J,B62K

Abstract:
1. An electric two/three-wheeled vehicle including: an electric motor ( 23 ) which exerts power for driving a driven wheel (WR); a battery ( 36 ) which supplies electric power to the electric motor ( 23 ); a battery case ( 37 ) which houses the battery ( 36 ); a leg shield ( 43 , 125 ) which covers, from a front, legs of a rider sitting on a riding seat ( 39 ); a cooling air inlet duct ( 88 ) which has a downstream end portion thereof connected to the battery case ( 39 ); and a cooling fan ( 105 ) which introduces cooling air into the battery case ( 37 ) through the cooling air inlet duct ( 88 ), characterized in that an opening ( 90 ) that is open toward a rear of the vehicle is provided in the leg shield ( 43 , 125 ), an upstream end of the cooling air inlet duct ( 88 ) is connected to the leg shield ( 43 , 125 ) in such a manner as to continue to the opening ( 90 ), a depressed portion ( 91 ) is formed in the leg shield ( 43 ) in such a manner as to be depressed frontward from a rear surface thereof, and has the opening ( 90 ) provided in an upper portion thereof, and an air inlet opening ( 97 ) which communicates with the opening ( 90 ) is formed between a lower portion of the depressed portion ( 91 ) and a lower edge of a lid ( 94 ) attached to the leg shield ( 43 ) to cover the opening ( 90 ).