Patent ID: 8056658

Claim:
A saddle seat type electric vehicle comprising: a drive wheel; a motor for driving said drive wheel; a secondary battery including a plurality of cells for supplying electric power to said motor; a carrier for carrying luggage; a seat for supporting an operator; a radiator located on a side of said vehicle inclined downward to a front side of said vehicle for receiving air flow; and a motor-driven fan mounted on said radiator capable of forcibly causing a flow of air, wherein said carrier is formed like a box having an internal space and is located behind said seat and above a rear wheel, said plurality of cells of the secondary battery is stored in said internal space of said carrier, and said carrier has a drain opening for removing water from said carrier, and said carrier includes an air inlet opening for introducing an air flow into said internal space with at least one spacing formed between the plurality of cells of the secondary battery, so as to cool said secondary battery and an air outlet opening being centrally disposed relative to said carrier for discharging said air flow out of said internal space.