IP Library Granted Patent US 7,823,680
Granted Patent B2
US 7,823,680 · App. 12/157,351 · Granted Nov 2, 2010

Console box for heavy equipment having safety bar with function sound device

Assignee: Volvo Construction Equipment Holdings Sweden AB
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Patent No.
US 7,823,680
App. No.
12/157,351
Granted
Nov 2, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A console box for heavy equipment having a safety bar with a function sound device is provided, which generates a function sound when an operator rotates a safety bar to be in a horizontal/vertical direction, so that the operator can accurately recognize the rotation state of the safety bar. The heavy equipment console box includes a console box mounted on a left/right side of an operator's seat, and having an operation lever, installed thereon, for controlling an operation of a working device; a cover formed on an outer side surface of the console box mounted on a doorway side of a cab, and having first and second locking grooves formed on an outer side surface thereof; a safety bar, movably fixed to the outer side surface of the cover, for controlling an electric signal being applied to the operation lever when the safety bar is rotated to be in a horizontal/vertical direction; and a function sound generation part, mounted on an inner side surface of a main body of the safety bar, for being detachably engaged with first and second locking grooves to generate a function sound when the safety bar is rotated to be in the horizontal/vertical direction.

Claims (13)

1. A console box for heavy equipment having a safety bar with a function sound device, comprising:

a console box mounted on a left/right side of an operator's seat, and having an operation lever, installed thereon, for controlling an operation of a working device;

a cover formed on an outer side surface of the console box mounted on a doorway side of a cab, and having first and second locking grooves formed on an outer side surface thereof;

a safety bar, movably fixed to the outer side surface of the cover, for controlling an electric signal being applied to the operation lever when the safety bar is rotated to be in a horizontal/vertical direction; and

a function sound generation part, mounted on an inner side surface of a main body of the safety bar, for being detachably engaged with first and second locking grooves to generate a function sound when the safety bar is rotated to be in the horizontal/vertical direction.

2. The console box of claim 1 , wherein the function sound generation part comprises:

a cylindrical boss formed on the inner side surface of the main body of the safety bar;

an operation ball, built in the boss, for generating the function sound when the ball is detachably engaged with the first/second locking groove;

an elastic member for elastically supporting the operation ball in the boss; and

a cap, engaged with the boss, for preventing the operation ball detachably engaged with the first/second locking groove via a through hole from seceding from the boss.

3. The console box of claim 1 , further comprising:

first and second fixing bolts, respectively fixed to positions adjacent to the first and second locking grooves, for fixing the cover to the console box; and

first and second stoppers, formed on the inner side surface of the main body of the safety bar, for being interfered with the first and second fixing bolts, respectively, and stopping the safety bar within a preset angle.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 25, 2023
From: VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT HOLDING SWEDEN AB
To: VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AB
Reel/Frame 065021/0864 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 10, 2008
From: YOON, CHUN JIN
To: VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT HOLDINGS SWEDEN AB
Reel/Frame 021133/0684 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2007-0061520 · Jun 22, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
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