IP Library Granted Patent US 11,246,263
Granted Patent B2
US 11,246,263 · App. 16/430,880 · Granted Feb 15, 2022

Work vehicle

Inventors: Yuto Fujii (Sakai, JP); Justin McCallister (Cleveland, GA); Hideki Aoki (Duluth, GA)
Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
A01D34/905B25F5/006A01D2034/907
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Patent No.
US 11,246,263
App. No.
16/430,880
Granted
Feb 15, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A work vehicle includes a vehicle body, a pair of left and right driving wheels that movably support the vehicle body, a pair of motors capable of rotatably driving the left and right driving wheels respectively, a pair of maneuvering levers pivotally supported to the vehicle body to be pivotable about a horizontal axis extending in a vehicle body transverse direction and capable of adjusting rotational speeds respectively of the left and right driving wheels and a pair of dynamic vibration absorbing portions supported to respective free end portions of the maneuvering levers and capable of suppressing vibrations of the maneuvering levers.

Claims (8)

1. A work vehicle comprising: a vehicle body; a pair of left and right driving wheels that movably support the vehicle body; a pair of motors capable of rotatably driving the left and right driving wheels respectively; a pair of maneuvering levers pivotally supported to the vehicle body to be pivotable about a horizontal axis extending in a vehicle body transverse direction and capable of adjusting rotational speeds of the left and right driving wheels respectively; and a pair of solid dynamic vibration absorbing portions supported to respective free end portions of the maneuvering levers and capable of suppressing vibrations of the maneuvering levers, wherein each solid dynamic vibration absorbing portion of the pair of solid dynamic vibration absorbing portions includes a weight that is within an elastic body, wherein at the free end portion of the maneuvering lever, there is provided a grip for a person riding the work vehicle to effect an operation of adjusting a rotational speed of the respective motor; and the dynamic vibration absorbing portion is supported on a distal end side of the grip.

2. The work vehicle of claim 1 , wherein:

the elastic body is supported to the free end portion of the maneuvering lever.

3. The work vehicle of claim 2 , wherein:

the elastic body, at its center portion in the longitudinal direction, is formed in the shape of a hollow cylinder; and

the weight is engaged within the hollow center portion of the elastic body.

4. The work vehicle of claim 1 , wherein:

the elastic body has a spring constant and a damping coefficient, which are adjusted such that a natural frequency of the dynamic vibration absorbing portions correspond to a resonance frequency of the maneuvering levers.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 30, 2020
From: FUJII, YUTO; MCCALLISTER, JUSTIN; AOKI, HIDEKI
To: KUBOTA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 051675/0083 →
Continuity (1)
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