IP Library Granted Patent US 8,944,202
Granted Patent B2
US 8,944,202 · App. 13/702,862 · Granted Feb 3, 2015

Construction machine

Inventors: Tomoyuki Tanaka (Tsuchiura, JP); Hajime Ishii (Tsuchiura, JP); Shougo Kimura (Tsuchiura, JP)
Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd
E02F9/163B60J5/0487B62D33/0617E02F3/325
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Patent No.
US 8,944,202
App. No.
13/702,862
Granted
Feb 3, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A compact excavator includes an operator's cab with a door capable of opening and closing an opening surface forming a boarding port. The door includes one door piece, and has a flexing portion which is closer to a front pillar than the central portion of the door when the door is in a closed state. The flexing portion is shaped to have a first area so formed that when the door is in a closed state, the first area approaches the opening surface as the first area approaches the front pillar, and a second area arranged continuously with the first area and nearer the front pillar than the first area and being formed so that the second area draws away from the opening surface as the second area approaches the front pillar.

Claims (12)

1. A construction machine, comprising:

an undercarriage, an upper structure disposed on the undercarriage, a work device attached to the upper structure, and an operator's cab provided on the upper structure and having a door capable of opening and closing an opening surface forming a boarding port, the operator's cab including a front pillar and a door mounting pillar which are provided to put the boarding port therebetween, the front pillar being disposed on the work device side, the door being rotatably attached to the door mounting pillar, wherein:

the door comprises one door piece, and has a flexing portion which is closer to the front pillar than a center portion of the door when the door is in a closed state; and

the flexing portion is formed into a shape having a first area which is formed so that, when the door is in a closed state, the first area approaches the opening surface as the first area approaches the front pillar, and a second area which is arranged continuously with the first area and nearer the front pillar than the first area and which is formed so that the second area draws away from the opening surface as the second area approaches the front pillar.

2. A construction machine according to claim 1 , wherein:

the flexing portion is formed into a shape which is disposed substantially inside a turning radius of the upper structure defined to be not larger than a vehicle width of the undercarriage when the door is in a completely open state.

3. A construction machine according to claim 2 , wherein:

the flexing portion is formed into a shape in which an end portion of the second area of the flexing portion is located on the turning radius when the door is in a completely open state.

4. A construction machine according to claim 3 , wherein:

a recess portion which receives the end portion of the second area of the flexing portion when the door is in a closed state is provided in the front pillar.

5. A construction machine according to claim 4 , wherein:

the construction machine consists of a compact excavator, which is provided with a step for making it easy to get on and off the operator's cab, and a protrusion portion which protrudes outward from the opening surface is provided in a part of the step while a convex portion which covers the protrusion portion of the step when the door is in a closed state is provided in a part of the door.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 24, 2017
From: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
To: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY TIERRA CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 041807/0804 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 14, 2013
From: TANAKA, TOMOYUKI; ISHII, HAJIME; KIMURA, SHOUGO
To: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029620/0590 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-132054 · Jun 9, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130078068A1 · Mar 28, 2013