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Granted Patent B2
US 12,467,230 · App. 17/953,535 · Granted Nov 11, 2025

Working machine

Inventors: Ryota Hamamoto (Sakai, JP); Hiroaki Nakagawa (Sakai, JP); Yuji Fukuda (Sakai, JP)
Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
E02F9/2033E02F9/24E02F9/262E02F9/265E02F9/2228E02F9/2285E02F9/2292E02F9/2296
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Patent No.
US 12,467,230
App. No.
17/953,535
Granted
Nov 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A working machine includes a machine body, a working device provided on the machine body movably up and down with respect to the machine body, a protector provided on the machine body to protect an operator's seat on the machine body, a detector provided on the protector to detect an obstacle higher than the protector, and a controller configured or programmed to, when the detector detects the obstacle, perform at least one process to prevent the working device from contacting the obstacle.

Claims (15)

1 . A working machine comprising:

a machine body;

a traveling device provided on the machine body;

a working device to which an attachment is attached or is to be attached, the working device being provided on the machine body such that the attachment is swingable up and down in front of the machine body;

a protector provided on the machine body to protect an operator's seat on the machine body;

a detector provided on the protector to detect an obstacle located at a position forward of the protector and higher than the protector; and

a controller configured or programmed to, when the detector detects the obstacle, perform at least one process to prevent the working device from contacting the obstacle.

2 . The working machine according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured or programmed to perform the at least one process to reduce a movement speed of the working device as the working device approaches the obstacle.

3 . The working machine according to claim 1 , further comprising a notifier; wherein

the controller is configured or programmed to perform the at least one process to cause the notifier to notify an operator seated on the operator's seat of at least presence of the obstacle.

4 . The working machine according to claim 3 , wherein the notifier includes an indicator to indicate a position of the working device and a position of the obstacle detected by the detector.

5 . The working machine according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured or programmed to perform the at least one process to slow or stop the traveling device.

6 . The working machine according to claim 1 , wherein

each of different types of attachments is selectively attachable to the working device; and

the controller is configured or programmed to determine, based on a type of the attachment attached to the working device, whether to cause the detector to perform obstacle detection.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 1, 2022
From: HAMAMOTO, RYOTA; NAKAGAWA, HIROAKI; FUKUDA, YUJI
To: KUBOTA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061607/0919 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240102263A1 · Mar 28, 2024
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