IP Library Granted Patent US 12,611,921
Granted Patent B2
US 12,611,921 · App. 18/132,909 · Granted Apr 28, 2026

Electric work machine

Inventor: Kotaro Nomura (Fukuoka, JP)
Assignee: Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd.
B60K1/04B60L50/64B60L50/66B60L2200/40
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Patent No.
US 12,611,921
App. No.
18/132,909
Granted
Apr 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hydraulic excavator as an electric work machine includes an electric motor, a machine-body frame, a battery unit that stores electric power to drive the electric motor, and a fixing mechanism that fixes the battery unit to the machine-body frame. The fixing mechanism has an upper plate and a lower plate that sandwich the battery unit from an up-down direction and a support portion that supports the lower plate on the machine-body frame.

Claims (46)

1 . An electric work machine, comprising:

an electric motor;

a machine-body frame;

a battery unit that stores electric power to drive the electric motor; and

a fixing mechanism that fixes the battery unit to the machine-body frame, wherein the fixing mechanism has:

an upper plate and a lower plate that directly sandwich the battery unit from an up-down direction;

a support portion that supports the lower plate on the machine-body frame, and

a coupling member that couples the upper plate and lower plate, wherein

the coupling member comprises:

an upper-plate fixing portion; and

a lower-plate fixing portion, wherein

the upper-plate fixing portion is located directly below the upper plate and the lower-plate fixing portion is located directly above the lower plate.

2 . The electric work machine according to claim 1 , wherein the support portion includes a vibration isolating member.

3 . The electric work machine according to claim 1 , wherein an upper surface of the battery unit is fixed in contact with the upper plate; and a lower surface of the battery unit is fixed in contact with the lower plate.

4 . The electric work machine according to claim 1 , wherein the fixing mechanism has a coupling member; and the coupling member couples the upper plate and the lower plate.

5 . The electric work machine according to claim 4 , wherein the coupling member couples the upper plate and the lower plate at a position away from the battery unit.

6 . The electric work machine according to claim 4 , wherein

the upper plate and the lower plate sandwich a plurality of the battery units from the up-down direction;

the plurality of battery units are located in parallel to one direction on the lower plate and aligned in a direction perpendicular to the one direction;

at least any one of the plurality of battery units is located on the lower plate by being shifted from the other battery units in the one direction;

the fixing mechanism has a plurality of the coupling members; and at least any one of the plurality of coupling members is located adjacently to two perpendicularly intersecting surfaces of the two battery units that are located by being shifted in the one direction on the lower plate, viewed from above.

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

the fixing mechanism further has a positioning member fixed on the lower plate; and

the positioning member is located on the lower plate in contact with a bottom of any surface of the battery unit.

8 . The electric work machine according to claim 1 , further comprising:

electrical components disposed on the upper plate.

9 . An electric work machine, comprising:

an electric motor;

a machine-body frame;

a battery unit that stores electric power to drive the electric motor; and

a fixing mechanism that fixes the battery unit to the machine-body frame, wherein the fixing mechanism has:

an upper plate and a lower plate that sandwich the battery unit from an up-down direction; and

a support portion that supports the lower plate on the machine-body frame;

wherein the fixing mechanism has a coupling member; and the coupling member couples the upper plate and the lower plate;

wherein

the upper plate and the lower plate sandwich a plurality of the battery units from the up-down direction;

the plurality of battery units are located in parallel to one direction on the lower plate and aligned in a direction perpendicular to the one direction;

at least any one of the plurality of battery units is located on the lower plate by being shifted from the other battery units in the one direction;

the fixing mechanism has a plurality of the coupling members; and at least any one of the plurality of coupling members is located adjacently to two perpendicularly intersecting surfaces of the two battery units that are located by being shifted in the one direction on the lower plate, viewed from above;

the fixing mechanism has a first coupling member, a second coupling member, and a third coupling member as the coupling members; and

the first coupling member, the second coupling member, and the third coupling member are located away from each other along an outer periphery surrounding a plurality of the battery units, viewed from above.

10 . The electric work machine according to claim 9 , wherein

a plurality of the battery units are located on the lower plate in parallel to a left-right direction as the one direction and aligned in a front-back direction perpendicular to the one direction;

the first coupling member is located in front of a battery unit located at the most front among a plurality of the battery units;

the second coupling member is located behind the first coupling member and opposing each side surface of two or more adjacent battery units; and

the third coupling member is located behind the second coupling member, and with the plurality of battery units interposed between the first coupling member and the third coupling member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 26, 2024
From: NOMURA, KOTARO
To: YANMAR HOLDINGS CO.,LTD.
Reel/Frame 068701/0145 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-070961 · Apr 22, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230339305A1 · Oct 26, 2023
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