IP Library Granted Patent US 9,303,389
Granted Patent B2
US 9,303,389 · App. 14/451,479 · Granted Apr 5, 2016

Construction machine

Inventors: Yohei Iwamoto (Kagoshima, JP); Junya Kawamoto (Moriyama, JP); Osamu Kokuryou (Koka, JP); Hiroshi Tabeta (Konan, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 9,303,389
App. No.
14/451,479
Granted
Apr 5, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control valve block is mounted on a bottom plate of a revolving frame through a control valve block mounting plate. In this case, a left support member and a right support member are provided on a back surface of the control valve block mounting plate at two spots with equal distances sandwiching a center position of gravity (G) of the control valve block. The left and right support members are mounted on a support beam provided on the bottom plate of the revolving frame. On the other hand, a weight-reducing part is provided at a part in the bottom plate of the revolving frame away from the support beam. The control valve block which is a heavy article is stably supported on the bottom plate at two spots sandwiching its center position of gravity (G). Moreover, the weight of the revolving frame can be reduced by the weight-reducing part.

Claims (22)

1. A construction machine comprising:

an automotive lower traveling structure driven by a traveling motor;

an upper revolving structure rotatably mounted on said lower traveling structure and provided with a prime mover on a rear position of said upper revolving structure for driving a hydraulic pump; and

a front device provided at a front-part position of said upper revolving structure and movable upwardly and downwardly by a front device actuator, in which

said upper revolving structure is composed of:

a revolving frame having a flat plate-shaped bottom plate and forming a support structural body,

a control valve block mounting plate provided on said revolving frame, and

a control valve block collectively mounted on said control valve block mounting plate and composed of a plurality of directional control valves for controlling the supply and discharge of a pressurized oil from said hydraulic pump to said traveling motor and to said front device actuator, characterized in that:

at least first and second support members are provided at first and second positions having substantially equal distances sandwiching a center position of gravity of said control valve block and on a back surface of said control valve block mounting plate and facing said bottom plate of said revolving frame,

each of said at least first and second support members is formed as a frame body having a U-shaped section with an upper side as an open end fixed to said back surface of said control valve block mounting plate and having a lower side as a mounting surface mounted on said bottom plate of said revolving frame, and

a weight-reducing part for reducing the weight of the bottom plate is provided on said bottom plate of said revolving frame at a position different from the position where said mounting surface of each of said at least first and second support members is mounted on said bottom plate.

2. The construction machine according to claim 1 , wherein

said weight-reducing part is constituted by one of a through hole penetrating the bottom plate of said revolving frame and a recessed groove recessed on said bottom plate of said revolving frame.

3. The construction machine according to claim 1 , wherein

a support beam is provided adjacent said weight-reducing part on said bottom plate of said revolving frame, and each of said at least first and second support members is mounted on said support beam.

4. The construction machine according to claim 1 , wherein

each of said at least first and second support members is provided on said back surface of said control valve block mounting plate at the first and second positions having the substantially equal distances in one of a front-rear direction or a left-right direction by sandwiching said center position of gravity;

a support beam for mounting each of said support members is provided on said bottom plate of said revolving frame; and

said weight-reducing part is configured to be provided on a portion of said bottom plate of said revolving frame excluding said support beam.

5. The construction machine according to claim 3 , wherein

said revolving frame comprises said bottom plate extending in a front-rear direction of said revolving frame, right and left vertical plates installed upright on the bottom plate and extending in the front-rear direction of the revolving frame while being faced in a left-right direction of the revolving frame, and a lateral plate installed upright in an intermediate portion in the front-rear direction of said bottom plate and extending in the left-right direction from said right vertical plate beyond said left vertical plate; and

said support beam and said weight-reducing part are provided on a left front corner portion of said revolving frame bottom plate and partitioned by said left vertical plate and said lateral plate in said revolving frame bottom plate.

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 Aug 5, 2014
From: IWAMOTO, YOHEI; KAWAMOTO, JUNYA; KOKURYOU, OSAMU; TABETA, HIROSHI
To: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 033461/0534 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-171222 · Aug 21, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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