IP Library Granted Patent US 10,449,851
Granted Patent B2
US 10,449,851 · App. 15/749,372 · Granted Oct 22, 2019

Work vehicle

Inventor: Daisuke Takii (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: YANMAR CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 10,449,851
App. No.
15/749,372
Granted
Oct 22, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A work vehicle such as a tractor including an engine and a fan shroud. The engine includes a diesel particulate filter (DPF) for purifying exhaust gas. The fan shroud is disposed ahead of the engine. The DPF includes a soot filter for collecting PM (particulate matter) in exhaust gas. The engine further includes a pressure difference sensor for detecting a pressure difference between an upstream side and a downstream side of the soot filter of the DPF in a direction in which exhaust gas flows. The pressure difference sensor is supported by the fan shroud.

Claims (41)

1. A work vehicle comprising:

an engine including an exhaust gas purifier configured to purify exhaust gas; and

a fan shroud disposed ahead of the engine, wherein

the exhaust gas purifier includes a filter configured to collect particulate matter in the exhaust gas,

the engine further includes a pressure difference sensor configured to detect a pressure difference between an upstream side and a downstream side of the filter of the exhaust gas purifier in a direction in which the exhaust gas flows, and

the pressure difference sensor is supported by the fan shroud.

2. The work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the engine further includes a pipe connecting the upstream and downstream sides of the filter of the exhaust gas purifier to the pressure difference sensor,

a part of an upper portion of the fan shroud includes a bent portion that bends toward the exhaust gas purifier, and

the pressure difference sensor is supported by the bent portion.

3. The work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the engine further includes

an intake pipe configured to guide air sucked from outside,

a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the exhaust gas in the exhaust gas purifier, and

a control section configured to receive a detection result of the temperature sensor,

a wire connector is disposed in an intermediate portion of a wire from the temperature sensor to the control section, and

the wire connector is supported by the intake pipe.

4. The work vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein

at least a part of the intake pipe is disposed near the exhaust gas purifier along a longitudinal direction of the exhaust gas purifier,

the intake pipe includes a support part integrally formed to project toward the exhaust gas purifier, and

the wire connector is supported by the support part of the intake pipe.

5. The work vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein

the support part has a rib shape.

6. The work vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising

a hood, wherein

the exhaust gas purifier is attached to an upper portion of the engine,

the hood includes an exhaust hole at a position where the exhaust hole at least partially overlaps with the exhaust gas purifier in a side view,

the exhaust gas purifier is disposed at a position close to one side relative to a lateral center in the hood, and

the exhaust hole is formed in at least one of left and right side walls of the hood on which the exhaust gas purifier is disposed.

7. The work vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein

the exhaust gas purifier has a cylindrical shape whose axial length is larger than a diameter of the exhaust gas purifier, and

an axial direction of the exhaust gas purifier is parallel to a longitudinal direction of the work vehicle.

8. The work vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein

the fan shroud is disposed ahead of the exhaust gas purifier, and

an air cleaner is disposed ahead of the fan shroud.

9. The work vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein

the air cleaner is fixed to a support bracket disposed ahead of the fan shroud, and

a sub-tank configured to store cooling water for a radiator is fixed to the support bracket.

10. The work vehicle according to claim 9 , wherein

the support bracket tilts to one of left and right toward a front in a plan view, and

the air cleaner tilts along an orientation of the support bracket in a plan view.

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 Jan 31, 2018
From: TAKII, DAISUKE
To: YANMAR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 044788/0155 →
Priority Claims (4)
JP 2015-152042 · Jul 31, 2015 · national
JP 2015-152059 · Jul 31, 2015 · national
JP 2015-152063 · Jul 31, 2015 · national
JP 2015-152065 · Jul 31, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180222313A1 · Aug 9, 2018
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