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Granted Patent B2
US 10,467,826 · App. 15/756,334 · Granted Nov 5, 2019

Dump truck

Inventor: Daichi Yui (Hitachinaka, JP)
Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
G07C5/0825B60K11/04B60K35/00G05D1/0011B60K2370/797B60P1/04
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Patent No.
US 10,467,826
App. No.
15/756,334
Granted
Nov 5, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A remotely controllable dump truck includes: a chassis; pairs of tires each provided at a front side and a rear side in a travel direction of the chassis; fenders for the tires; and a vehicle-status-output device disposed between a front one of the fenders and a rear one of the fenders, the vehicle-status-output device including a control panel for outputting status information of the vehicle. The vehicle-status-output device is positioned, in a width direction of the chassis orthogonal to the travel direction, to be offset from ends of the front and rear one of the fenders in the width direction, and the control panel faces an outside of the tires in the width direction.

Claims (28)

1. A remotely controllable dump truck comprising:

a chassis;

pairs of tires each provided at a front side and a rear side in a travel direction of the chassis;

fenders for the tires; and

a vehicle-status-output device disposed between a front one of the fenders and a rear one of the fenders, the vehicle-status-output device comprising a control panel comprising a device configured to output and display status information of the dump truck, wherein

the vehicle-status-output device is positioned, in a width direction of the chassis orthogonal to the travel direction, to be offset inward from an end of the front one of the fenders and an end of the rear one of the fenders in the width direction, and

the control panel faces an outside of the tires in the width direction.

2. The dump truck according to claim 1 , wherein

the vehicle-status-output device is positioned in the width direction to be offset inward from side faces of the tires in the width direction.

3. The dump truck according to claim 1 , wherein

the vehicle-status-output device is positioned within a width of each of the tires.

4. The dump truck according to claim 1 , wherein

the control panel comprises a display configured to display the status information of the dump truck.

5. The dump truck according to claim 1 , wherein

the control panel comprises an output terminal configured to output the status information of the dump truck by wire.

6. A remotely controllable dump truck comprising:

a chassis;

pairs of tires each provided at a front side and a rear side in a travel direction of the chassis;

fenders for the tires;

a vehicle-status-output device disposed between a front one of the fenders and a rear one of the fenders, the vehicle-status-output device comprising a control panel comprising a device configured to output and display status information of the dump truck; and

a cooler provided between the pairs of tires, the cooler comprising a cooling fan and a radiator in a form of a rectangle,

wherein the vehicle-status-output device is disposed at any one of corners of the rectangle of the radiator,

wherein the vehicle-status-output device is positioned, in a width direction of the chassis orthogonal to the travel direction, to be offset inward from an end of the front one of the fenders and an end of the rear one of the fenders in the width direction, and

wherein the control panel faces an outside of the tires in the width direction.

7. The dump truck according to claim 1 , wherein

the control panel comprises a plurality of displays configured to display the status information of the dump truck.

8. The dump truck according to claim 1 , wherein

the control panel comprises a plurality of switches configured to control operations of the dump truck.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2018
From: YUI, DAICHI
To: KOMATSU LTD.
Reel/Frame 045067/0010 →
Continuity (1)
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