IP Library Granted Patent US 10,287,962
Granted Patent B2
US 10,287,962 · App. 15/489,216 · Granted May 14, 2019

Work vehicle

Inventors: Yoshiaki Kurokawa (Osaka, JP); Koji Kawakami (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: YANMAR CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 10,287,962
App. No.
15/489,216
Granted
May 14, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A work vehicle includes a hood, an engine, a radiator, an air cleaner, and a condenser. The hood covers an engine compartment located on a front portion of a traveling body. The engine is a drive source. The radiator supplies a coolant to the engine. The air cleaner takes in outside air and supplies the air to the engine. The condenser cools a refrigerant. In front of the radiator, the air cleaner and the condenser are disposed one above the other. The condenser is withdrawable in the left and right direction.

Claims (15)

1. A work vehicle comprising:

an engine positioned in a front portion of a traveling body, the engine comprising a forced induction device;

a radiator configured to supply a coolant to the engine;

the engine and the radiator being in an engine compartment which is covered by a hood comprising an opening portion in a front surface of the hood;

a fan shroud positioned in the engine compartment and surrounding an outer circumference of a cooling fan positioned in front of the engine and covering a rear surface of the radiator; and

a plurality of heat exchangers positioned in front of the radiator, the plurality of heat exchangers disposed one above the other;

an engine control unit configured to control the engine;

a bottom plate covering an upper surface of the front portion of the traveling body;

a center of the cooling fan being offset downward from a center of the radiator; and

wherein:

the engine control unit is positioned in front of the plurality of heat exchangers; and

the engine control unit is oriented upright on the bottom plate with a longitudinal direction of the engine control unit aligned with a fore-and-aft direction of the traveling body.

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

the hood comprises left and right symmetrical meshed opening portions at positions in front of the cooling fan, and the bottom plate comprises a meshed opening portion at a position in front of the cooling fan, and

the engine control unit is positioned between the left and right symmetrical meshed opening portions of the hood and above the meshed opening portion of the bottom plate.

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 Apr 17, 2017
From: KUROKAWA, YOSHIAKI; KAWAKAMI, KOJI
To: YANMAR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 042030/0540 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2014-211350 · Oct 16, 2014 · national
JP 2015-079709 · Apr 9, 2015 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2015078380 · Oct 6, 2015
Related Publication 20170218832A1 · Aug 3, 2017
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