IP Library Granted Patent US 12680489
Granted Patent B2
US 12680489 · App. 19/038,762 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Tractor

Inventor: Yasunori Okumoto (Sakai, JP)
Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
F01N9/00F01N2340/04F01N2590/08
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12680489
App. No.
19/038,762
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A tractor includes an engine room defined by an engine hood, an engine in the engine room, an exhaust gas cleaner in the engine room to clean exhaust gas from the engine, a controller in the engine room and configured or programmed to clean the exhaust gas, and a casing containing the controller.

Claims (24)

1 . A tractor comprising:

an engine space defined by an engine hood;

an engine in the engine space;

an exhaust gas cleaner in the engine space to clean exhaust gas from the engine;

a controller in the engine space and configured or programmed to clean the exhaust gas;

a casing containing the controller; and

a rotary fan positioned forward of the engine to supply engine cooling air; wherein

the controller is in a back portion of the engine space and laterally outward of the engine relative to a body of the tractor.

2 . A tractor comprising:

an engine space defined by an engine hood;

an engine in the engine space;

an exhaust gas cleaner in the engine space to clean exhaust gas from the engine;

a controller in the engine space and configured or programmed to clean the exhaust gas;

a casing containing the controller; and

a hood holding frame to which the engine hood is attached so as to be swingable to be opened and closed; wherein

the casing is attached to the hood holding frame.

3 . The tractor according to claim 2 , wherein the casing includes:

a casing body attached to the hood holding frame and holding the controller; and

a casing lid to open and close the casing body and attachable to and detachable from the casing body from laterally outward relative to a body of the tractor.

4 . The tractor according to claim 3 , wherein

the casing body includes a body edge wall extending from an edge of the casing body;

the casing lid includes a lid edge wall extending from an edge of the casing lid; and

with the casing body closed by the casing lid, the body edge wall and the lid edge wall overlap with each other in a direction from inward to outward relative to the casing.

5 . The tractor according to claim 4 , wherein with the casing body closed by the casing lid, the lid edge wall is outward of the casing body relative to the body edge wall.