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Granted Patent B2
US 10,471,802 · App. 15/311,591 · Granted Nov 12, 2019

Work vehicle and operator's compartment unit

Inventors: Kazuhiro Murata (Hirakata, JP); Akihide Namura (Hirakata, JP); Shota Suzuki (Hirakata, JP)
Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
B60H1/00378B60H3/0641B62D33/0617B66C13/54E02F9/16
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Patent No.
US 10,471,802
App. No.
15/311,591
Granted
Nov 12, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An operator's compartment has an internal space. A case has an internal space in communication with the internal space of the operator's compartment. An air conditioning unit is disposed in the internal space of the case and has an internal-air supply port which introduces air from the internal space. An internal-air filter is attached to the internal-air supply port.

Claims (24)

1. A work vehicle comprising:

an operator's compartment having a first internal space;

a case having a second internal space in communication with the first internal space;

an air conditioning unit disposed in the second internal space of the case and having an internal-air supply port to introduce air from the second internal space; and

an internal-air filter attached to the internal-air supply port.

2. The work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein:

the case is disposed outside the first internal space of the operator's compartment; and

the internal-air filter is disposed opposite to the operator's compartment with respect to the air conditioning unit.

3. The work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein:

the operator's compartment has a rear window; and

the air conditioning unit is disposed below the rear window.

4. The work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein an internal-air opening connecting the first internal space and the second internal space and being open to the first internal space is open upward in the first internal space.

5. The work vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising an accommodation portion having a third internal space, wherein

the first internal space and the second internal space are in communication with each other via the third internal space.

6. The work vehicle according to claim 1 ,

the air conditioning unit having an external-air supply port to introduce air from outside the case, and an external-air filter attached to the external-air supply port,

the work vehicle further comprising a cover covering the external-air filter and having an external-air opening, wherein

an upper end position of the external-air opening of the cover is located below a lower end position of the external-air filter.

7. The work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the air conditioning unit includes a plurality of air conditioning devices.

8. An operator's compartment unit comprising:

an operator's compartment having a first internal space;

a case disposed outside the operator's compartment and having a second internal space in communication with the first internal space;

an air conditioning unit disposed in the second internal space of the case and having an internal-air supply port to introduce air from the second internal space; and

an internal-air filter attached to the internal-air supply port.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 16, 2016
From: MURATA, KAZUHIRO; NAMURA, AKIHIDE; SUZUKI, SHOTA
To: KOMATSU LTD.
Reel/Frame 040343/0714 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180178616A1 · Jun 28, 2018
Cited By (1)
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