Electric motorcycle and controller unit

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8997912
APP PUB NO 20120318600A1
SERIAL NO

13575926

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Disclosed is an electric motorcycle provided with: an electric motor (M) for driving a rear wheel (110) which is a drive wheel; a battery (B) for supplying power to the electric motor (M); and a controller unit (130) for performing drive control of the electric motor (M). The electric motorcycle is of the scooter type in which a footrest section is constructed between the front wheel (105) and the rear wheel (110), and is provided with a controller housing compartment (129) disposed in the footrest section so as to be downwardly recessed. An opening (131) is formed in the bottom of the controller housing compartment (129), and a cooling fin (130c) is provided in the bottom surface of the controller unit (130) in a state in which the cooling fin (130c) is housed in the controller housing compartment (129) and downwardly protrudes from the opening (131) to face the outside. As a result, the controller unit (130) is directly and efficiently cooled by airflow produced during travel.

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Patent Owner(s)

  • SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hakamata, Osamu Shizuoka, JP 16 72
Honma, Akinori Shizuoka, JP 2 11
Iida, Kazuhiro Shizuoka, JP 80 984
Nagao, Takeshi Osaka, JP 46 574

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