IP Library Granted Patent US 9,453,326
Granted Patent B2
US 9,453,326 · App. 14/771,435 · Granted Sep 27, 2016

Work machine

Inventors: Akira Shimohira (Ryugasaki, JP); Tadayoshi Aoki (Amstelveen, NL); Hiroaki Yada (Ryugasaki, JP)
Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 9,453,326
App. No.
14/771,435
Granted
Sep 27, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A work machine includes: a vehicle body frame of the work machine; an engine mounted on the vehicle body frame; an engine cover covering over a top of the engine and fixed to the vehicle body frame via a column; a first exhausting device having a tubular appearance; a second exhausting device having a tubular appearance and having a function different from that of the first exhausting device; and a bracket holding the first exhausting device in an upper holding part and the second exhausting device in a lower holding part to attach them on a bottom surface of the engine cover. The bracket integrally holds the first and second exhausting devices in such a manner that an extending direction of the first exhausting device and an extending direction of the second exhausting device are generally parallel, seen from above, and a part of the first exhausting device and a part of the second exhausting device overlap each other, seen from above, while fixing the first and second exhausting devices below the engine cover.

Claims (24)

1. A work machine, comprising:

a vehicle body frame of the work machine;

an engineer that is mounted on the vehicle body frames and that includes a turbocharger;

an engine cover covering over a top of the engine and fixed to the vehicle body frame via a column;

a first exhausting device having a tubular appearance;

a second exhausting device having a tubular appearance and having a function different from that of the first exhausting device, the second exhausting device being disposed at a position lower than a position of the first device; and

a bracket that includes an upper holding part that holds the first exhausting device, a lower holding part that holds the second exhausting device, an attachment seat that attaches a bottom surface of the engine cover, and a body part at which the upper holding part, the lower holding part, and the attachment seat are mounted, wherein:

the bracket integrally holds the first and second exhausting devices in such a manner that an extending direction of the first exhausting device and an extending direction of the second exhausting device are generally parallel, seen from above, and a part of the first exhausting device and a part of the second exhausting device overlap each other, seen from above,

the first and second exhausting devices being integrally held by the bracket and being fixed below the engine cover by the attachment seat, and

an exhaust tubing including a bellow tube is provided to connect the turbocharger with the first exhausting device that is disposed at a position higher than that of the second exhausting device.

2. The work machine according to claim 1 , wherein:

the bracket integrally holds the first and second exhausting devices in such a manner that a center axis extending in the extending direction of the first exhausting device and a center axis extending in the extending direction of the second exhausting device do not overlap each other, seen from above.

3. The work machine according to claim 1 , wherein:

the engine is a diesel engine;

the first exhausting device is an oxidation catalyst device; and

the second exhausting device is a muffling device.

4. The work machine according to claim 1 , wherein:

the engine is a diesel engine;

the first exhausting device is an urea SCR (Selective Catalytic Reduction) device; and

the second exhausting device is a DPF (Diesel Particulate Filter) device.

5. The work machine according to claim 1 , wherein:

the engine is a diesel engine;

the first exhausting device is an oxidation catalyst device; and

the second exhausting device is an urea SCR (Selective Catalytic Reduction) device.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Aug 19, 2019
From: KCM CORPORATION
To: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 050088/0068 →
MERGER Recorded Feb 24, 2017
From: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
To: KCM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 041806/0087 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 28, 2015
From: SHIMOHIRA, AKIRA; AOKI, TADAYOSHI; YADA, HIROAKI
To: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 036451/0679 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-080396 · Apr 8, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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