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Title:
ELECTRIC SADDLED VEHICLE, AND DRIVE DEVICE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/067144
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
An electric saddled vehicle is provided with a vehicle frame, a drive wheel, a drum brake which brakes the drive wheel, and a swing unit which is pivotably supported by the vehicle frame. The swing unit has: a drive motor configured as a separate unit from the drive wheel; and a reduction mechanism for transmitting power, which is transmitted from the drive motor, to the drive wheel and having a wheel drive section. If one of the left side and the right side relative to the center of the vehicle in the left-right direction is defined as a first side and the other is defined as a second side and if the end surface of the drive wheel which is located on the first side is defined as a first end surface and the end surface of the drive wheel which is located on the second side is defined as a second end surface, the drive motor and the reduction mechanism are disposed on the first side, the drum brake is disposed on the second side, the wheel drive section is disposed in such a manner that the distance of the wheel drive section to the first end surface of the drive wheel is less than the distance of the wheel drive section to the center of the vehicle in the left-right direction, and the brake drum of the drum brake is disposed so that, in a plan view, the brake drum is superposed on the second end surface of the drive wheel.

Inventors:
NAKASHIMA MASAHIRO (JP)
TAKAMURA TOSHIAKI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2011/076393
Publication Date:
May 24, 2012
Filing Date:
November 16, 2011
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Assignee:
HONDA MOTOR CO LTD (JP)
NAKASHIMA MASAHIRO (JP)
TAKAMURA TOSHIAKI (JP)
International Classes:
B62M7/12; B60T1/00; B60T1/06; B62K25/20
Foreign References:
JP2008100609A2008-05-01
JP2010088173A2010-04-15
JPH0260694A1990-03-01
JP3943196B22007-07-11
Other References:
See also references of EP 2641822A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SHIGA Masatake et al. (JP)
Masatake Shiga (JP)
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