Electric work vehicle, battery pack for electric work vehicle and contactless charging system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10029551-B2
Application number	US-201615352059-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 15, 2016
Priority date	Nov 16, 2015
Publication date	Jul 24, 2018
Grant date	Jul 24, 2018

Abstract

An electric work vehicle includes: a battery pack that is arranged between a left rear wheel arranged outside of a left frame and a right rear wheel arranged outside of a right frame, the front end of the battery pack being located forward of an axle center of a rear wheel unit; a left motor that is arranged above the battery pack, in the periphery of the left rear wheel, receives a supply of power from the battery pack, and transmits rotational power to the left rear wheel; and a right motor that is arranged above the battery pack, in the periphery of the right rear wheel, receives a supply of power from the battery pack, and transmits rotational power to the right rear wheel.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electric work vehicle battery pack, comprising:
a sealed battery case including a front case portion and a rear case portion;
a horizontal partitioning wall that divides an interior of the front case portion into a first space and a second space in a vertical direction, and divides an interior of the rear case portion into a third space and a fourth space in the vertical direction;
a battery electric unit accommodated in one of the first space, the second space, the third space and the fourth space; and
a battery module accommodated in each of the remaining spaces among the first space, the second space, the third space and the fourth space.

2. The electric work vehicle battery pack according to claim 1 , further comprising a circulation fan configured to create a circulated air flow that circulates through the first space, the second space, the third space and the fourth space.

3. The electric work vehicle battery pack according to claim 2 , wherein the circulation fan is accommodated in the same space as the battery electric unit.

4. The electric work vehicle battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the rear case portion is shifted upward relative to the front case portion, and the battery case has a level-difference three-dimensional shape in which a level difference is formed between the front case portion and the rear case portion.

5. The electric work vehicle battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the battery case is provided with an opening through which the battery electric unit is exposed to the outside and which is closed by a lid.

6. The electric work vehicle battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein a cooling fin is formed on a wall surface of the battery case.

7. An electric work vehicle, comprising:
a battery pack mounted on a vehicle body;
a left frame and a right frame that extend in a vehicle body front-rear direction with an interval therebetween in a vehicle body lateral direction; and
a rear wheel unit having a left rear wheel that is arranged outside in the vehicle body lateral direction of the left frame, and a right rear wheel that is arranged outside in the vehicle body lateral direction of the right frame,
wherein the battery pack comprises:
a sealed battery case including a front case portion and a rear case portion;
a horizontal partitioning wall that divides an interior of the front case portion into a first space and a second space in a vertical direction, and divides an interior of the rear case portion into a third space and a fourth space in the vertical direction;
a battery electric unit accommodated in one of the first space, the second space, the third space and the fourth space; and
a battery module accommodated in each of the remaining spaces among the first space, the second space, the third space and the fourth space, and
a front end of the battery pack is arranged between the left rear wheel and the right rear wheel so as to be located forward of an axle center of the rear wheel unit.

8. An electric work vehicle, comprising:
a left frame and a right frame that extend in a vehicle body front-rear direction with an interval therebetween in a vehicle body lateral direction;
a rear wheel unit having a left rear wheel arranged outside of the left frame in the vehicle body lateral direction and a right rear wheel arranged outside of the right frame in the vehicle body lateral direction;
a battery pack arranged between the left rear wheel and the right rear wheel, a front end of the battery pack being located forward of an axle center of the rear wheel unit in the vehicle body front-rear direction;
a left motor that is arranged above the front end of the battery pack at a position on a vertical axis extending between the front end of the battery pack and the left motor in the periphery of the left rear wheel and is configured to receive a supply of power from the battery pack and transmit rotational power to the left rear wheel; and
a right motor that is arranged above the front end of the battery pack at a position on a vertical axis extending between the front end of the battery pack and the right motor in the periphery of the right rear wheel and is configured to receive a supply of power from the battery pack and transmit rotational power to the right rear wheel.

9. The electric work vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein in a plan view, a center of gravity of the battery pack is located in a rear wheel segment defined by the left rear wheel and the right rear wheel in the vehicle body front-rear direction and the vehicle body lateral direction.

10. The electric work vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein the battery pack includes a front-side rectangular cuboid portion and a rear-side rectangular cuboid portion shifted upward relative to the front-side rectangular cuboid portion, and has a level-difference three-dimensional shape having level differences on an upper surface and a lower surface of the battery pack between the front-side rectangular cuboid portion and the rear-side rectangular cuboid portion.

11. The electric work vehicle according to claim 8 , further comprising a rear axle case through which the axle center of the rear wheel unit passes in the vehicle lateral direction,
wherein a rear end of the battery pack is located rearward of the rear wheel unit in the vehicle body front-rear direction, and
an above-ground height of the rear end of the battery pack is higher than an above-ground height of the rear axle case.

12. The electric work vehicle according to claim 8 , further comprising a front wheel unit including a left front wheel that is arranged on an outer side of the left frame in the vehicle body lateral direction, and a right front wheel that is arranged on an outer side of the right frame in the vehicle body lateral direction,
wherein a mower unit is arranged between the front wheel unit and the rear wheel unit.

13. The electric work vehicle according to claim 12 , further comprising a work motor configured to supply power to the mower unit, the work motor being arranged on a front side with respect to the front end of the battery pack in the vehicle body front-rear direction.

14. The electric work vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein
a left transmission case is arranged on an outer side of the left frame in the vehicle body lateral direction, the left transmission case accommodating a left transmission configured to transmit rotational power from an output shaft of the left motor to an axle of the left rear wheel, and
a right transmission case is arranged on an outer side of the right frame in the vehicle body lateral direction, the right transmission case accommodating a right transmission configured to transmit rotational power from an output shaft of the right motor to an axle of the right rear wheel.

15. The electric work vehicle according to claim 14 , wherein
the left transmission case is joined to the left frame along the vehicle body front-rear direction, and
the right transmission case is joined to the right frame along the vehicle body front-rear direction.

Assignees

• Kubota Kk

Inventors

• Ito Hirokazu
• Koike Kazuo
• Manji Yasuhiro

Classifications

• B60L53/302

  Cooling of charging equipment · CPC title

• B60L53/122

  Circuits or methods for driving the primary coil, e.g. supplying electric power to the coil · CPC title

• B60L53/305

  Communication interfaces · CPC title

• B60L53/126

  Methods for pairing a vehicle and a charging station, e.g. establishing a one-to-one relation between a wireless power transmitter and a wireless power receiver · CPC title

• A01D34/66

  with two or more cutters · CPC title