IP Library Granted Patent US 8,607,904
Granted Patent B2
US 8,607,904 · App. 13/390,218 · Granted Dec 17, 2013

Working vehicle

Inventors: Takeshi Fukumoto (Osaka, JP); Keisuke Iwamura (Osaka, JP); Shinya Kawashiri (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,607,904
App. No.
13/390,218
Granted
Dec 17, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A working vehicle is structured to maintain a ride quality for an operator on a control seat. Provided are a travel machine body which mounts an engine, front wheels on the machine body, a track frame on the machine body, right and left travel crawlers installed on the track frame, a rear axle which transmits a rotating force to the travel crawler, and oscillation supporting point shafts which support the track frame on the machine body so as to freely oscillate. In the case that the rear axle and the oscillation supporting point shafts are provided so as to be spaced, the oscillation supporting point shafts are arranged just below an axle case to which the rear axle is pivoted, and the track frame is connected to the axle case via link members provided in the oscillation supporting point shafts.

Claims (40)

1. A working vehicle comprising:

a travel machine body which mounts an engine thereon;

right and left front wheels which are provided in a lower side of a front portion of the travel machine body;

a track frame which is provided in a lower side of a rear portion of the travel machine body;

right and left travel crawlers which are installed to the track frame;

a rear axle which transmits a rotating force to the travel crawler; and

an oscillation supporting point shaft which supports the track frame to the travel machine body so as to freely oscillate,

wherein the rear axle and the oscillation supporting point shaft are provided so as to be spaced, the oscillation supporting point shaft is arranged just below an axle case to which the rear axle is pivoted, and the track frame is connected to the axle case via a link member which is provided in the oscillation supporting point shaft,

wherein the oscillation supporting point shaft is formed by front and rear upper end pivot shafts and front and rear lower end pivot shafts,

wherein the front and rear upper end pivot shafts are provided in the axle case,

wherein the front and rear lower pivot shafts are provided in the track frame, and

wherein upper and lower end portions of the front and rear link members are connected to the pivot shafts, and

further comprising a plurality of rolling wheels which is provided in the track frame and support a ground side of the travel crawler,

wherein the front and rear upper end pivot shafts are arranged so as to be divided into a front side and a rear side of the rear axle, and

wherein one of the front and rear lower end pivot shafts is arrange in an upper surface side between the plurality of rolling wheels in the upper surface side of the track frame.

2. The working vehicle according claim 1 , wherein a rear portion ground side of the travel crawler is supported to the track frame via the driven wheel body, and

wherein the other of the front and rear lower end pivot shafts is arranged in the upper surface side of the track frame and between the rolling wheel which is adjacent to the driven wheel body in the plurality of rolling wheels and the driven wheel body.

3. The working vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the front and rear link members are arranged so as to be tapered in a side elevational view of the machine body, and

a distance in the upper end side of the front and rear link members is larger than a distance in the lower end side of the front and rear link members.

4. The working vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the front and rear upper end pivot shafts are arranged in the vicinity of a drive resultant force line in a forward moving side of the travel crawler,

wherein the front side upper end pivot shaft is arranged below the drive resultant force line, and

wherein a center of an oscillating locus of the track frame is below the drive resultant force line.

5. The working vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the front and rear lower end pivot shafts are provided in the track frame within a lateral width of the travel crawler, and

wherein each of the lower end sides of the front and rear link members is offset to the track frame side.

6. The working vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the front and rear link members are arranged so as to be tapered in a side elevational view of the machine body, and

a distance in the upper end side of the front and rear link members is larger than a distance in the lower end side of the front and rear link members.

7. The working vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the front and rear upper end pivot shafts are arranged in the vicinity of a drive resultant force line in a forward moving side of the travel crawler,

wherein the front side upper end pivot shaft is arranged below the drive resultant force line, and

wherein a center of an oscillating locus of the track frame is blow the drive resultant force line.

8. The working vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the front and rear upper end pivot shafts are arranged in the vicinity of a drive resultant force line in a forward moving side of the travel crawler,

the front side upper end pivot shaft is arranged below the drive resultant force line, and

a center of an oscillating locus of the track frame is blow the drive resultant force line.

9. The working vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the front and rear lower end pivot shafts are provided in the track frame within a lateral width of the travel crawler, and

wherein each of the lower end sides of the front and rear link members is offset to the track frame side.

10. The working vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the front and rear lower end pivot shafts are provided in the track frame within a lateral width of the travel crawler, and

each of the lower end sides of the front and rear link members is offset to the track frame side.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 26, 2020
From: YANMAR CO., LTD.
To: YANMAR POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054162/0112 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 13, 2012
From: FUKUMOTO, TAKESHI; IWAMURA, KEISUKE; KAWASHIRI, SHINYA
To: YANMAR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027694/0300 →
Priority Claims (3)
JP 2010-193099 · Aug 31, 2010 · national
JP 2011-130521 · Jun 10, 2011 · national
JP 2011-130527 · Jun 10, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120217071A1 · Aug 30, 2012