IP Library Granted Patent US 8,096,608
Granted Patent B2
US 8,096,608 · App. 11/883,131 · Granted Jan 17, 2012

Working vehicle with tilt floor

Assignees: Komatsu Ltd.; Komatsu Utility Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,096,608
App. No.
11/883,131
Granted
Jan 17, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a working vehicle having a tilt floor, a torsion bar has one end mounted on the tilt floor and the other end thereof mounted on a base frame, and is disposed on the tilt floor which is tilted up and down relative to the base frame. In a maximally opened position where the tilt floor is tilted up and a closed position where the tilt floor is tilted down, a position of a barycenter (G) of the tilt floor on which the driving room (C) is disposed is opposite from each other relative to a turning center of the tilt floor across the top dead center.

Claims (8)

1. A working vehicle with a tilt floor, comprising:

a torsion bar having one end mounted on a base frame, which is a structural member of the working vehicle and the other end mounted on a tilt floor, in which the tilt floor can be tilted up and down centering on a turning center which is supported by the base frame, wherein

a position of a maximally opened position when the tilt floor is tilted up is a position where a barycenter of the driving room and the tilt floor combined together is past a vertical line which passes through the turning center from a tilt down side,

a neutral position of the torsion bar which is in a condition without any torsional deformation is between a closed position where the tilt floor is tilted down so as to control the turning of the tilt floor from turning further when the tilt floor is tilted down and a position where the barycenter is positioned along the vertical line,

a receiving member into which an upper edge portion of one end side of the torsion bar is loosely fitted is disposed on the tilt floor,

an intermediate portion of the torsion bar is turnably supported by the base frame, and a lower edge portion of another end side of the torsion bar is fixed and supported by the base frame, and

a gas spring which assists a tilting up operation and a tilting down operation of the tilt floor is disposed between the base frame and the tilt floor.

2. The working vehicle with a tilt floor according to claim 1 , wherein mounting angle adjusting means capable of adjusting a mounting angle of the torsion bar by changing a height position of the lower edge portion of the torsion bar relative to the base frame is disposed between the base frame and the torsion bar.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME/MERGER Recorded Mar 23, 2012
From: KOMATSU UTILITY CO., LTD.
To: KOMATSU LTD.
Reel/Frame 027919/0338 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 28, 2009
From: ANDOU, TAKENOBU; YOKOO, KATSUMI; ITOU, SHINICHI
To: KOMATSU LTD.; KOMATSU UTILITY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 022169/0817 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2005-024304 · Jan 31, 2005 · national
Continuity (1)
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