IP Library Granted Patent US 7,896,429
Granted Patent B2
US 7,896,429 · App. 12/491,350 · Granted Mar 1, 2011

Construction equipment cab having protective structure

Assignee: Volvo Construction Equipment Holding Sweden AB
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Patent No.
US 7,896,429
App. No.
12/491,350
Granted
Mar 1, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a construction equipment cab having a protective structure capable of protecting an operator from injury due to deformation of a cab in the event of a rollover accident. The construction equipment cab is mounted on an upper swivel body, and the protective structure is mounted on the cab and the upper swivel body and protects an operator from the cab in a rollover accident. The construction equipment cab includes a lower panel provided at a rear lower portion of the cab to be sunk in a forward direction in order to secure a space in which the protective structure is held, and a unit for fixing the protective structure held in the space to the upper swivel body and the cab.

Claims (9)

1. A construction equipment cab having a protective structure, the construction equipment cab being mounted on an upper swivel body, the protective structure being mounted on the cab and the upper swivel body so as to protect an operator from the cab in a rollover accident, the construction equipment cab comprising:

a lower panel provided at a rear lower portion of the cab to be sunk in a forward direction in order to secure a space in which the protective structure is held; and

means for fixing the protective structure held in the space to the upper swivel body and the cab;

wherein the fixing means comprises:

first fixing members for fixing a lower end of the protective structure to the upper swivel body;

a pair of hooks vertically fixed to a rear outer face of the cab to be opposite to each other, and each having a coupling hole formed in a horizontal direction;

brackets vertically installed on upper ends of the protective structure to support the hooks on left and right sides of the cab; and

second fixing members coupled to the coupling holes horizontally formed in the hooks and the brackets to fix the protective structure to the cab.

2. The construction equipment cab of claim 1 , wherein the lower panel is inclined upwardly toward the rear of the cab at an upper portion thereof.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 25, 2023
From: VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT HOLDING SWEDEN AB
To: VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AB
Reel/Frame 065021/0864 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 25, 2009
From: KIM, KANG TAE
To: VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT HOLDING SWEDEN AB
Reel/Frame 022873/0890 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2008-0064973 · Jul 4, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
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