IP Library Granted Patent US 12677734
Granted Patent B2
US 12677734 · App. 18/197,494 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Work vehicle

Inventor: Tetsuya Iida (Okayama, JP)
Assignee: YANMAR HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
A01D34/006A01D34/64
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12677734
App. No.
18/197,494
Filed
May 15, 2023
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Examiner
LE, HUAN G
Art Unit
3655
USPC
701/51
Abstract

A tractor includes rear wheels, a transmission, brake pedals (a left brake pedal and a right brake pedal), a brake device, a cruise control operating tool, and a cruise control device. The pair of rear wheels is provided on right and left. The transmission shifts the gear for the vehicle speed. The pair of brake pedals is provided on right and left. The brake device individually actuates brakes for the rear wheels on right and left when the brake pedal is operated. The cruise control device fixes the gear of the transmission when the cruise control operating tool is operated, cancels the fixed gear of the transmission when the left brake pedal is operated, and cancels the fixed gear of the transmission when the right brake pedal is operated.

Claims (42)

1 . A work vehicle comprising:

a pair of traveling units comprising a first traveling unit provided on a right side or a left side and a second traveling unit provided on the other of the right side or the left side;

a transmission configured to shift a gear for a vehicle speed;

a pair of brake pedals comprising a first brake pedal and a second brake pedal, wherein the first brake pedal is positioned relative to the second brake pedal in a right-left direction;

a brake device configured to individually actuate brakes for the first traveling unit and the second traveling unit based on operation of the first brake pedal or the second brake pedal;

a cruise control operating tool; and

a cruise control device configured to fix the gear of the transmission based on operation of the cruise control operating tool, cancel the fixed gear of the transmission based on operation of the second brake pedal independent of the first brake pedal, and cancel the fixed gear of the transmission based on operation of the first brake pedal independent of the second brake pedal.

2 . The work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein:

the cruise control operating tool is configured to be operated to switch between a fixed state where the gear of the transmission is fixed and a canceled state where the fixed state is canceled,

the cruise control device includes a cancel mechanism configured to switch from the fixed state to the canceled state,

the first brake pedal sides is coupled to the cancel mechanism via a wire, and

the second brake pedal is coupled to the cancel mechanism via a shaft.

3 . The work vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein a gap is formed in at least one of a mechanism configured to transmit an operating force applied to the first brake pedal to the cancel mechanism and a mechanism configured to transmit an operating force applied to the second brake pedal to the cancel mechanism, and based on operation of the first brake pedal or the second brake pedal beyond the gap, the cancel mechanism is actuated.

4 . The work vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein:

the first brake pedal and the second brake pedal are configured to be coupled to each other,

the first brake pedal and the second brake pedal are different in an amount of operation needed to actuate the cancel mechanism, and

based on operation of the first brake pedal and the second brake pedal in a coupled state, an operating force is transmitted to the cancel mechanism via only the shaft or the wire.

5 . The work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein:

the cruise control operating tool is configured to be operated to switch between a fixed state where the gear of the transmission is fixed and a canceled state where the fixed state is canceled, and

the work vehicle further includes a restriction member that is configured to, in a state where the brake pedal is operated, restrict the cruise control operating tool from being operated to switch from the canceled state to the fixed state.

6 . The work vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein:

the cruise control device includes a cancel mechanism that is configured to switch from the fixed state to the canceled state, and

the cancel mechanism includes the restriction member.

7 . A work vehicle comprising:

a pair of traveling units comprising a first traveling unit provided on a right side or a left side and a second traveling unit provided on the other of the right side or the left side;

a transmission configured to shift a gear for a vehicle speed;

a pair of brake pedals comprising a first brake pedal and a second brake pedal, wherein the first brake pedal is positioned relative to the second brake pedal in a right-left direction;

a brake device configured to individually actuate brakes for the first traveling unit and the second traveling unit based on operation of the first brake pedal or the second brake pedal;

a cruise control operating tool; and

a cruise control device configured to fix the gear of the transmission based on operation of the cruise control operating tool, cancel the fixed gear of the transmission based on operation of the second brake pedal independent of the first brake pedal, and cancel the fixed gear of the transmission based on operation of the first brake pedal independent of the second brake pedal;

wherein the cruise control operating tool is configured to be operated to switch between a fixed state where the gear of the transmission is fixed and a canceled state where the fixed state is canceled;

wherein the cruise control device includes a cancel mechanism configured to switch from the fixed state to the canceled state;

wherein the first brake pedal is coupled to the cancel mechanism via a wire; and

wherein the second brake pedal is coupled to the cancel mechanism via a shaft.

8 . The work vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein a gap is formed in at least one of a mechanism configured to transmit an operating force applied to the first brake pedal to the cancel mechanism and a mechanism configured to transmit an operating force applied to the second brake pedal to the cancel mechanism, and based on operation of the first brake pedal or the second brake pedal beyond the gap, the cancel mechanism is actuated.

9 . The work vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein the first brake pedal and the second brake pedal are configured to be coupled to each other,

the first brake pedal and the second brake pedal are different in an amount of operation needed to actuate the cancel mechanism, and

based on operation of the first brake pedal and the second brake pedal in a coupled state, an operating force is transmitted to the cancel mechanism via only the shaft or the wire.

10 . The work vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein the cruise control operating tool is configured to be operated to switch between a fixed state where the gear of the transmission is fixed and a canceled state where the fixed state is canceled, and

the work vehicle further includes a restriction member that is configured to, in a state where the brake pedal is operated, restrict the cruise control operating tool from being operated to switch from the canceled state to the fixed state.

11 . The work vehicle according to claim 10 , wherein the cruise control device includes a cancel mechanism that is configured to switch from the fixed state to the canceled state, and

the cancel mechanism includes the restriction member.