Patent ID: 8602150

Claim:
A motor-driven vehicle comprising: a front fork for supporting a front wheel with a steering handle being mounted on a top end thereof; a body frame wherein the front fork is steerably supported; a rear wheel supported on the body frame; an electric motor for driving the rear wheel; a battery for supplying the electric motor with electric power; a battery cover for covering an upper side and right and left sides of the battery, with the electric motor and the battery and the battery cover being mounted on the body frame; an airflow guiding-in port being provided in each of right and left side walls of the battery cover wherein an airflow induced by operating the vehicle is guided in and supplied to peripheries of the battery; a cowl for covering the steering handle and the body frame over a range from upper and front sides of the steering handle to right and left sides of the body frame, said cowl being mounted to the body frame; said cowl being provided, at an upper portion covering the upper side of the steering handle, with a screen mounting recess opened at its rear end; a windscreen inclined rearwardly and upwardly being mounted to the screen mounting recess; side surfaces of the cowl each being provided with an air guide groove wherein an airflow is directed toward the airflow guiding-in port while being straightened; and slits for directing the airflow towards upper portions of the airflow guiding-in ports, said slits each being provided between opposed edge portions of the windscreen and the cowl that front on the screen mounting recess, and further including: a second battery supported on a lower portion of the body frame with an opening in a lower front side of the cowl for directing an airflow for cooling said second battery.