IP Library Granted Patent US 9,499,045
Granted Patent B2
US 9,499,045 · App. 14/490,047 · Granted Nov 22, 2016

Working vehicle

Inventors: Megumi Sawai (Sakai, JP); Kazunobu Sugano (Sakai, JP); Shinsuke Kashiyama (Sakai, JP); Motoki Izukura (Sakai, JP); Koji Kajino (Sakai, JP); Tatsuya Ueda (Sakai, JP); Kenichi Aoyama (Sakai, JP)
Assignee: Kubota Corporation
B60K13/04B60K15/063B60K15/067F01N3/021F01N3/035F01N3/106F01N13/1822F01N13/1855B60K2015/0637B60Y2200/221
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Patent No.
US 9,499,045
App. No.
14/490,047
Granted
Nov 22, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a working vehicle comprising: a fuel tank; a tank support member configured to receive and support the fuel tank from below; and an inverse U-shaped hood support member provided upright in a state of spanning left and right of the fuel tank, the hood support member including an elastic member that acts on an upper portion side of the fuel tank so as to hold the fuel tank at a predetermined position on the tank support member.

Claims (35)

1. A working vehicle comprising:

a fuel tank;

a tank support member configured to receive and support the fuel tank from below; and

an inverse U-shaped hood support member provided in a standing manner in a state of spanning left and right of the fuel tank, the hood support member including a rubber member that acts on an upper portion side of the fuel tank so as to hold the fuel tank at a predetermined position on the tank support member,

wherein the rubber member includes left and right rubber members that act externally from above lateral sides of the fuel tank and on left and right corner portions on the upper side of the fuel tank, and the fuel tank is held in a sandwiched manner between the tank support member and the left and right rubber members due to the elasticity of the left and right rubber members.

2. The working vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein one of the left and right rubber members is fixed to the inner surface of the hood support member, and the other one is detachably coupled to the hood support member.

3. The working vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the hood support member and the rubber member are configured to act on one of the front and rear sides of the fuel tank,

an inverse U-shaped fixing band that is detachably coupled to the tank support member in a state of spanning left and right of the other of the front and rear sides of the fuel tank is included, and

the fuel tank has a groove portion into which the fixing band is fitted on the other of the front and rear sides of the fuel tank.

4. A working vehicle comprising:

a fuel tank;

a tank support member configured to receive and support the fuel tank from below; and

an inverse U-shaped hood support member provided in a standing manner in a state of spanning left and right of the fuel tank, the hood support member including an elastic member that acts on an upper portion side of the fuel tank so as to hold the fuel tank at a predetermined position on the tank support member;

wherein the elastic member includes left and right elastic members that act externally from above lateral sides of the fuel tank and on left and right corner portions on the upper side of the fuel tank, and the fuel tank is held in a sandwiched manner between the tank support member and the left and right elastic members due to the elasticity of the left and right elastic members.

5. The working vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein

one of the left and right elastic members is fixed to the inner surface of the hood support member, and the other one is detachably coupled to the hood support member.

6. A working vehicle comprising:

a fuel tank;

a tank support member configured to receive and support the fuel tank from below; and

an inverse U-shaped hood support member provided in a standing manner in a state of spanning left and right of the fuel tank, the hood support member including an elastic member that acts on an upper portion side of the fuel tank so as to hold the fuel tank at a predetermined position on the tank support member;

wherein the hood support member and the elastic member are configured to act on one of the front and rear sides of the fuel tank,

an inverse U-shaped fixing band that is detachably coupled to the tank support member in a state of spanning left and right of the other of the front and rear sides of the fuel tank is included, and

the fuel tank has a groove portion into which the fixing band is fitted on the other of the front and rear sides of the fuel tank.

7. The working vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein

the elastic member includes left and right elastic members that act externally from above lateral sides of the fuel tank and on left and right corner portions on the upper side of the fuel tank, and the fuel tank is held in a sandwiched manner between the tank support member and the left and right elastic members due to the elasticity of the left and right elastic members.

8. The working vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein

one of the left and right elastic members is fixed to the inner surface of the hood support member, and the other one is detachably coupled to the hood support member.

9. A working vehicle comprising:

a fuel tank;

a tank support member configured to receive and support the fuel tank from below; and

an inverse U-shaped hood support member provided in a standing manner in a state of spanning left and right of the fuel tank, the hood support member including a rubber member that acts on an upper portion side of the fuel tank so as to hold the fuel tank at a predetermined position on the tank support member,

wherein the hood support member and the rubber member are configured to act on one of the front and rear sides of the fuel tank,

wherein an inverse U-shaped fixing band that is detachably coupled to the tank support member in a state of spanning left and right of the other of the front and rear sides of the fuel tank is included, and

wherein the fuel tank has a groove portion into which the fixing band is fitted on the other of the front and rear sides of the fuel tank.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 28, 2015
From: SAWAI, MEGUMI; SUGANO, KAZUNOBU; KASHIYAMA, SHINSUKE; IZUKURA, MOTOKI; KAJINO, KOJI; UEDA, TATSUYA; AOYAMA, KENICHI
To: KUBOTA CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (2)
JP 2014-017372 · Jan 31, 2014 · national
JP 2014-017373 · Jan 31, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150217634A1 · Aug 6, 2015