IP Library Granted Patent US 10,214,247
Granted Patent B2
US 10,214,247 · App. 15/769,681 · Granted Feb 26, 2019

Work vehicle

Inventors: Kenji Watabe (Osaka, JP); Daisuke Takii (Osaka, JP); Yoshiferu Oshige (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.
B62D25/12B60K11/00B60K11/08B60K13/04F01P5/06B62D49/06
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Patent No.
US 10,214,247
App. No.
15/769,681
Granted
Feb 26, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A work vehicle such as a tractor including a cooling fan ( 12 a ) arranged in front of the vehicle's engine main body ( 1 ), and is configured to feed air to the engine main body. The work vehicle further includes a DPF ( 19 ), which is arranged on one side of the engine main body and purifies exhaust gas exhausted from the engine main body, and an engine hood ( 7 ), which covers the engine main body, the cooling fan, and the DPF. An outside air intake port ( 21 ) is formed in both side surfaces of the engine hood at a position further forward than the cooling fan. On both side surfaces of the engine hood, a first opening ( 30 ) capable of exhausting air inside the engine hood in a direction away from the vehicle's operation seat in side view is formed in a position facing the DPF in the lateral direction.

Claims (16)

1. A work vehicle comprising:

an engine main body;

a cooling fan arranged in front of the engine main body, and configured to feed air to the engine main body;

an exhaust gas purification device arranged on one of left and right sides of the engine main body, and configured to purify exhaust gas exhausted from the engine main body;

an engine hood that covers the engine main body, the cooling fan, and the exhaust gas purification device; and

an operation seat arranged behind the engine hood, wherein

an outside air intake port is formed in at least one of left and right side surfaces of the engine hood, at a position further forward than the cooling fan,

on at least one of the left and right side surfaces of the engine hood, a first opening capable of exhausting air inside the engine hood in a direction away from the operation seat in side view is formed in a position facing the exhaust gas purification device in a lateral direction thereof,

a second opening having a shape elongated in a vehicle width direction is formed in a position above a rear of the engine hood and in front of the operation seat, the second opening being capable of exhausting the air inside the engine hood in a direction away from the operation seat in side view, and

a closing part is provided in a middle position of the second opening relative to the vehicle width direction, and a direction of the air passing through the second opening is divided into left and right by the closing part.

2. The work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

a plurality of first fins, each having a surface inclined in such a manner as to be further forward as it gets closer to outside from inside of the engine hood, are arranged and aligned in the first opening.

3. The work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

a plurality of second fins, each having a surface inclined in such a manner as to be further forward as it gets closer to outside from a middle relative to the vehicle width direction, are arranged and aligned in the second opening.

4. The work vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein

a plurality of second fins, each having a surface inclined in such a manner as to be further forward as it gets closer to outside from a middle relative to the vehicle width direction, are arranged and aligned in the second opening.

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 19, 2018
From: WATABE, KENJI; TAKII, DAISUKE; OSHIGE, YOSHITERU
To: YANMAR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 045593/0145 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-206724 · Oct 20, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180304936A1 · Oct 25, 2018
Cited By (2)
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