IP Library Granted Patent US 12,220,976
Granted Patent B2
US 12,220,976 · App. 17/915,874 · Granted Feb 11, 2025

Electric work vehicle

Inventors: Hidehiko Takaguchi (Kawasaki, JP); Katsuhiko Matsumoto (Kawasaki, JP)
Assignee: Daimler Truck AG
B60K1/00B60K25/00B60L1/003B60L50/60B60K2025/005B60L2200/36B60L2200/40
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,220,976
App. No.
17/915,874
Filed
Sep 29, 2022
Granted
Feb 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Examiner
GURARI, EREZ
Art Unit
3614
USPC
180/65.1
Abstract

An electric work vehicle includes a mounted body enabling execution of a specific work. The electric work vehicle further includes a main frame, a cab in a front portion of the main frame, an electrical component unit on the main frame in a position lower than a lower surface of the cab, and a power take off (PTO) unit having a work machine drive unit for driving a work machine to execute the specific work by the mounted body, and a mounted motor for supplying rotational power, by electric power of the battery, to the work machine drive unit. In the PTO unit, the mounted motor is in a position lower than the lower surface of the cab and in a lowermost layer region of a space where the electrical component unit is disposed, and the work machine drive unit is disposed in a position rearward from the mounted motor.

Claims (24)

1. An electric work vehicle that includes a mounted body enabling execution of a specific work and is capable of running by electric power supplied from a battery, the electric work vehicle comprising:

a main frame that includes left and right main frames that are paired and extend in a vehicle front-rear direction;

a cab provided in a front portion of the main frame in the vehicle front-rear direction;

an electrical component unit disposed on the main frame in a position lower than a lower surface of the cab; and

a power take off (PTO) unit having a work machine drive unit for driving a work machine to execute the specific work by the mounted body, and a mounted motor for supplying rotational power, by electric power of the battery, to the work machine drive unit;

wherein in the PTO unit, the mounted motor is in a position lower than the lower surface of the cab and in a lowermost layer region of a space where the electrical component unit is disposed, and the work machine drive unit is disposed in a position rearward from the mounted motor.

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

the mounted motor is arranged such that an output shaft thereof is directed rearward.

3. The electric work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the space where the electrical component unit is disposed has a multilayered structure including a plurality of electrical component support members on which the electrical component unit is mounted and supported, and

the mounted motor is disposed on one of the plurality of electrical component support members that constitutes a bottom surface of the multilayered structure.

4. The electric work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the work machine drive unit is disposed in a position higher than a height at which the mounted motor is mounted and disposed.

5. The electric work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the work machine drive unit is disposed between the cab and the mounted body on the main frame via a drive unit support member in the vehicle front-rear direction.

6. The electric work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the work machine drive unit is disposed at least partially between sub-frames, the sub-frames supporting the mounted body, the sub-frames being provided on and/or between the left and right main frames that are paired.

7. The electric work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the mounted motor is supported by a motor support member coupled to the main frame, and

the work machine drive unit is supported by a drive unit support member coupled to the motor support member.

8. The electric work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the work machine drive unit is a compressor.

9. The electric work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the work machine drive unit is a hydraulic pump.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 3, 2022
From: TAKAGUCHI, HIDEHIKO; MATSUMOTO, KATSUHIKO
To: DAIMLER TRUCK AG
Reel/Frame 061286/0119 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-062204 · Mar 31, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230126938A1 · Apr 27, 2023
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