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Granted Patent B2
US 10,370,038 · App. 14/893,663 · Granted Aug 6, 2019

Work vehicle

Inventors: Hiroo Fujimoto (Sakai, JP); Masatoshi Watanabe (Sakai, JP); Takahiro Hisada (Sakai, JP)
Assignee: Kubota Corporation
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,370,038
App. No.
14/893,663
Granted
Aug 6, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Contemplated are cost reduction and enhanced readiness of parts management related to right and left fenders. A work vehicle includes right and left fenders ( 16 ) each having a vertical plate member ( 18 ) covering an inner face of a traveling device from an inner side of a vehicle body and a top plate member ( 19 ) covering an upper portion of the traveling device ( 5 ) from above, wherein the top plate member ( 19 ) is configured to be front-rear symmetric, and each of the vertical plate member ( 18 ) and the top plate member ( 19 ) is configured to act as a right-left interchangeable member.

Claims (29)

1. A work vehicle including right and left fenders, each of the fenders comprising a vertical plate member positioned between an inner face of a traveling device and an inner side of a vehicle body, and a top plate member that covers an upper portion of the traveling device from above; and

a support bracket for supporting the vertical plate member, the support bracket being a right-left interchangeable member having a front-rear symmetric shape,

wherein the top plate member is configured to be front-rear symmetric, and each of the vertical plate member and the top plate member is configured to act as a right-left interchangeable member,

wherein each of the right and left fenders includes a front side cover member for covering a front side of the traveling device; and the front side cover member is configured to act as a right-left interchangeable member having a vertically symmetric shape, and

wherein the support bracket includes, in a front-rear symmetric layout, a left connecting portion for disposing the vertical plate member with an offset to one front/rear side relative to a front-rear center of the support bracket, and a right connecting portion for disposing the vertical plate member with an offset to the other front/rear side relative to the front-rear center of the support bracket.

2. The work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the vertical plate member has a front-rear symmetric shape.

3. The work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the vertical plate member has a right-left symmetric shape.

4. A work vehicle including right and left fenders, each of the fenders comprising a vertical plate member positioned between an inner face of a traveling device and an inner side of a vehicle body, and a top plate member that covers an upper portion of the traveling device from above; and

a support bracket for supporting the vertical plate member, the support bracket being a right-left interchangeable member having a front-rear symmetric shape,

wherein the top plate member is configured to be front-rear symmetric, and each of the vertical plate member and the top plate member is configured to act as a right-left interchangeable member,

wherein each of the right and left fenders includes a front side cover member for covering a front side of the traveling device; and the front side cover member is configured to act as a right-left interchangeable member having a vertically symmetric shape,

wherein the top plate member includes a connecting arm to be connected to the support bracket; and

wherein the vertical plate member and the connecting arm are connected and fastened together to the support bracket.

5. A work vehicle comprising:

a steering frame disposed erect at a position in a vehicle body frame which position is forwardly of a driver's seat; and

a lower cover to be attached to the steering frame for covering the steering frame from behind;

wherein the lower cover includes a footrest member to be used by a driver seated in the driver's seat,

wherein the work vehicle further comprises an operational pedal that is provided on a lateral side of the steering frame, and

wherein the footrest member is configured such that a height position of a footrest face thereof is higher than a height position of a step-on face of the operational pedal, and a rear end position of the footrest face is located more rearward than a rear end position of the step-on face.

6. The work vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein the footrest member is disposed at right-left center of the lower cover.

7. The work vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein the footrest member includes an accommodating portion under a footrest face thereof.

8. The work vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein the footrest member is configured such that a height position of its footrest face is higher than a height position of a step-on face of an operational pedal which is disposed laterally of the steering frame.

9. The work vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein the steering frame is disposed erect on the vehicle body frame via a vibration-isolating member.

10. A work vehicle comprising right and left fenders, each of the fenders having a vertical plate member that covers an inner face of a traveling device from an inner side of a vehicle body, and a top plate member that covers an upper portion of the traveling device from above; wherein the top plate member is configured to be front-rear symmetric, and each of the vertical plate member and the top plate member are configured to act as a right-left interchangeable member;

wherein the work vehicle further comprises a support bracket for supporting the vertical plate member, the support bracket being a right-left interchangeable member having a front-rear symmetric shape; and

wherein the support bracket includes, in front-rear symmetric layout, a left connecting portion for disposing the vertical plate member with an offset to one front/rear side relative to a front-rear center of the support bracket, and a right connecting portion for disposing the vertical plate member with an offset to the other front/rear side relative to the front-rear center of the support bracket.

11. A work vehicle comprising right and left fenders, each of the fenders having a vertical plate member that covers an inner face of a traveling device from an inner side of a vehicle body, and a top plate member that covers an upper portion of the traveling device from above; wherein the top plate member is configured to be front-rear symmetric, and each of the vertical plate member and the top plate member are configured to act as a right-left interchangeable member;

wherein the work vehicle further comprises a support bracket for supporting the vertical plate member, the support bracket being a right-left interchangeable member having a front-rear symmetric shape; and

wherein the top plate member includes a connecting arm to be connected to the support bracket; and the vertical plate member and the connecting arm are connected and fastened together to the support bracket.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 16, 2016
From: FUJIMOTO, HIROO; WATANABE, MASATOSHI; HISADA, TAKAHIRO
To: KUBOTA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 038599/0165 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2014-069069 · Mar 28, 2014 · national
JP 2014-069071 · Mar 28, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160288843A1 · Oct 6, 2016