Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electric drive motorcycle
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Application No.: US16761124Application Date: 2018-10-30
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Publication No.: US11305840B2Publication Date: 2022-04-19
- Inventor: Luca Carmignani , Paolo Capozzella , Jury Cantini , Walter Mariotti
- Applicant: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A.
- Applicant Address: IT Pontedera
- Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A.
- Current Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Pontedera
- Agency: Patterson Intellectual Property Law, P.C.
- Priority: IT102017000124818 20171102
- International Application: PCT/EP2018/079656 WO 20181030
- International Announcement: WO2019/086421 WO 20190509
- Main IPC: B62M23/02
- IPC: B62M23/02 ; B62J1/12 ; B62K19/46 ; B62J43/16 ; B62J43/20 ; B62M7/06 ; B62M7/08

Abstract:
An electric drive motorcycle (100) allows a suitable and effective cooling of the battery unit when the electric motor is operated, and comprises: a front portion comprising one or more front wheels (103) and a handlebar (104); a rear portion comprising a saddle (101), a shell body (107) arranged below said saddle (101), and a rear wheel (105) arranged below said shell body (107); an intermediate portion extending as a connection between said front portion and said rear portion; an electric drive unit (8) connected to said rear wheel (105); and a hybrid supply unit supplying said electric drive unit (8), comprising at least a battery unit (115) and a combustion engine (116) actuating an electric generator (120) apt to feed said battery unit (115) and/or said electric drive unit (8), wherein the combustion engine (116) drives a cooling fan (121) arranged so that, when this is drawing a flow of cooling air through an inlet mouth (122), such flow wets the battery unit (115), before being drawn, wherein the combustion engine (116) comprises a crankshaft which is arranged transversally to said front-rear direction, said crankshaft having a first end keyed to an electric generator (120) arranged adjacent to the wall of the shell body (107), and a second end thereto said cooling fan (121) is keyed, and wherein the sucking mouth (122) of the cooling fan (121) is faced towards the battery unit (115).
Public/Granted literature
- US20200269956A1 ELECTRIC DRIVE MOTORCYCLE Public/Granted day:2020-08-27
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