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Granted Patent B2
US 12,345,016 · App. 18/221,845 · Granted Jul 1, 2025

Construction machine

Inventor: Kohei Okazaki (Chikugo, JP)
Assignee: YANMAR HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 12,345,016
App. No.
18/221,845
Granted
Jul 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

On a turn frame of an excavation machine, a hydraulic oil tank is placed in the center of a right engine chamber in the front-back direction, a control valve is placed in front of the hydraulic oil tank, a battery is further placed in front of the control valve, and a cool mechanism is placed behind the hydraulic oil tank. The controller, which outputs a signal to drive the control valve, is placed opposite the hydraulic oil tank.

Claims (37)

1. A construction machine comprising, on a vehicle body frame of the construction machine:

a hydraulic oil tank configured to store a hydraulic oil;

a hydraulic pump in fluid communication with the hydraulic oil tank, the hydraulic pump configured to be driven by a prime mover and to discharge the hydraulic oil from the hydraulic oil tank;

a control valve configured to control a flow direction and flowrate of the hydraulic oil that is discharged by the hydraulic pump to a plurality of hydraulic actuators; and

a controller configured to control the control valve,

wherein the controller is supported on the hydraulic oil tank.

2. The construction machine according to claim 1 , wherein:

the hydraulic oil tank is positioned on a first side of the vehicle body frame that is opposite a second side of the vehicle body frame, and

the controller is supported on a side face of the hydraulic oil tank that faces the second side of the vehicle body frame.

3. The construction machine according to claim 1 , wherein:

the hydraulic oil tank is positioned on a first side of the vehicle body frame that is opposite a second side of the vehicle body frame,

a driver seat is positioned on the second side of the vehicle body frame,

a wall part separates the first and second sides of the vehicle body frame such that a first side of the wall part faces the first side of the vehicle body frame and a second side of the wall part faces the second side of the vehicle body frame, and

the controller faces the first side of the wall part.

4. The construction machine according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is positioned between the hydraulic oil tank and the control valve.

5. The construction machine according to claim 1 , wherein the control valve is positioned such that a line parallel to a centerline of the vehicle body frame intersects both the control valve and the hydraulic oil tank.

6. The construction machine according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is positioned on a vertical side of the hydraulic oil tank.

7. The construction machine according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is coupled to the hydraulic oil tank.

8. The construction machine according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is positioned between the control valve and the prime mover.

9. The construction machine according to claim 1 , further comprising a boom and an engine chamber including the hydraulic oil tank, control valve, and controller, wherein a plate member separates the engine chamber from the boom.

10. The construction machine according to claim 1 , wherein a line extending perpendicularly through a side face of the hydraulic oil tank passes through the controller.

11. The construction machine according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is positioned in front of a back face part of the hydraulic oil tank.

12. The construction machine according to claim 1 , wherein the control valve is positioned in front of the hydraulic oil tank.

13. A construction machine comprising, on a vehicle body frame of the construction machine:

a hydraulic oil tank configured to store a hydraulic oil;

a hydraulic pump in fluid communication with the hydraulic oil tank, the hydraulic pump configured to be driven by a prime mover and to discharge the hydraulic oil from the hydraulic oil tank;

a control valve configured to control a flow direction and flowrate of the hydraulic oil that is discharged by the hydraulic pump to a plurality of hydraulic actuators;

a partition plate disposed between the hydraulic oil tank and the control valve; and

a controller configured to control the control valve,

wherein the controller is supported on the partition plate.

14. The construction machine according to claim 13 , wherein the controller is positioned in front of a back face part of the hydraulic oil tank.

15. The construction machine according to claim 13 , wherein:

the control valve is positioned in front of the hydraulic oil tank.

16. The construction machine according to claim 13 , wherein the controller is positioned between the hydraulic oil tank and the control valve.

17. The construction machine according to claim 13 , wherein the control valve is positioned such that a line parallel to a centerline of the vehicle body frame intersects both the control valve and the hydraulic oil tank.

18. The construction machine according to claim 13 , wherein the controller is coupled to the partition plate.

19. The construction machine according to claim 13 , wherein a first side of the partition plate faces the hydraulic oil tank and a second side of the partition plate faces the control valve, and wherein the controller is supported on the first side of the partition plate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2023
From: OKAZAKI, KOHEI
To: YANMAR HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064250/0920 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-113359 · Jul 14, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240018748A1 · Jan 18, 2024
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