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Granted Patent B2
US 10,550,546 · App. 16/078,654 · Granted Feb 4, 2020

Cover of work vehicle, cab of work vehicle, and work vehicle

Inventors: Tomoshi Hirano (Tokyo, JP); Shinjirou Ohki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
E02F9/0891B62D33/0617E02F9/163
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Patent No.
US 10,550,546
App. No.
16/078,654
Granted
Feb 4, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cover of a work vehicle that defines a housing space for housing devices, including: a panel body having an obverse surface facing an outside of the housing space and a reverse surface facing an inside of the housing space; a plurality of panels arranged such that the surfaces of the panel bodies are positioned on the same plane; a connecting member having a pair of abutting plates abutting the reverse surfaces of a pair of panel bodies adjacent to each other; and a fixing member provided at abutting portions between each panel body and the connecting member, and detachably fixing each of the panel bodies to the connecting member from the obverse surface side.

Claims (33)

1. A cover of a work vehicle that defines a housing space for housing a device, comprising:

a plurality of panels, each of which has a panel body having an obverse surface facing an outside of the housing space and a reverse surface facing an inside of the housing space, the plurality of panels being arranged so that the obverse surfaces of the panel bodies are positioned on the same plane;

a connecting member including a pair of abutting plates respectively abutting the rear surfaces of a pair of the panel bodies adjacent to each other, and a connecting portion connecting the pair of abutting plates; and

a fixing member provided at an abutting portion of each of the panel bodies and the connecting member, and detachably fixing each of the panel bodies to the connecting member from the obverse surface side.

2. The cover of the work vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the connecting member is connected to and held by only the pair of panel bodies.

3. The cover of the work vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the connecting portion includes a pair of facing surfaces facing in an arrangement direction and each of which extends from the respective abutting plates to the inside of the housing space, and

the panel further includes a panel edge portion extending from an end portion of the panel body in the arrangement direction to the inside of the housing space and housed between the facing surfaces.

4. The cover of a work vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein a gap is formed between a pair of panel bodies adjacent to each other to allow communication between an outside and the inside of the housing space.

5. A cab of a work vehicle comprising:

rear pillars extending in a vertical direction and provided on both sides in a vehicle width direction;

a cover of the work vehicle according to claim 1 as an interior cover that defines the housing space between the rear pillar on at least one side in vehicle width direction of the rear pillars on the both sides in the vehicle width direction and in which the plurality of panels is arranged in a vertical direction;

a device provided in the housing space; and

a rear window provided across the rear pillars on the both sides in the vehicle width direction.

6. The cab of the work vehicle according to claim 5 ,

wherein a plurality of the devices are provided in the vertical direction so as to correspond to the plurality of panels.

7. The cab of the work vehicle according to claim 6 ,

wherein an upper panel and a lower panel as a plurality of panels are provided,

wherein a panel body of the upper panel includes:

a front plate facing forward; and

an upper lateral plate connected to an end portion of the front plate on the inner side in the vehicle width direction and extending rearward,

wherein a panel body of the lower panel includes:

a lower lateral plate disposed below the upper lateral plate so that the obverse surface of which is positioned on the same plane as an obverse surface of the upper portion lateral plate,

wherein one of the pair of abutting plates abuts the reverse surface of the upper lateral plate, and

the other of the pair of abutting plates abuts the reverse surface of the lower lateral plate, and

wherein an upper portion device and a lower portion device as the plurality of devices are provided,

the upper portion device is provided on the reverse surface side of the front plate of the upper panel, and

the lower portion device is provided on a reverse surface side of a lower lateral plate of the lower panel.

8. A work vehicle comprising:

the cover of the work vehicle according to claim 1 as an exterior cover; and

the device is provided in the housing space.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 22, 2018
From: HIRANO, TOMOSHI; OHKI, SHINJIROU
To: KOMATSU LTD.
Reel/Frame 046660/0090 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190360171A1 · Nov 28, 2019
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