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US 10,618,780 · App. 16/465,001 · Granted Apr 14, 2020

Crane

Inventors: Iwao Ishikawa (Kagawa, JP); Yuji Tadano (Kagawa, JP)
Assignee: TADANO LTD.
B66C13/16B66C13/00B66C23/36B66C23/88E02F9/26B60R1/00B60R2300/8093B66C2700/0371
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Patent No.
US 10,618,780
App. No.
16/465,001
Granted
Apr 14, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a crane that can detect obstacles within a sufficient range while traveling and while doing work. A crane that is provided with an obstacle sensor that, during travel, detects the approach of obstacles toward a front side part of a travel body and, during work, detects the approach of obstacles toward a rear side part of a turning body. According to a first embodiment, the obstacle sensor has a detection range that is directed from front to rear. According to a second embodiment, the obstacle sensor has a detection range that is directed from rear to front.

Claims (7)

1. A crane, comprising an obstacle sensor that detects approach of an obstacle toward a front side part of a traveling body during traveling, and detects approach of an obstacle toward a rear side part of a swivel body on the traveling body during operation; and

a boom that is provided on the swivel body and is put into a state where the boom is luffed down forward during traveling and put into a state where the boom is luffed up during operation, wherein

the obstacle sensor includes a camera that is provided at a distal end of the boom at an angle such that an image-taking range thereof is turned into a range directed from a front side toward a lateral side of the traveling body and the swivel body during traveling and into a range directed from an upper side toward the traveling body and the swivel body during operation.

2. The crane according to claim 1 , wherein the distal end of the boom, to which the camera is provided, is located at a forward side of a front end of the traveling body when in the state where the boom is luffed down forward.

3. The crane according to claim 1 , wherein the obstacle sensor includes a further camera having a detection range from rear to front.

4. The crane according to claim 1 , wherein the obstacle sensor includes a further camera that is provided at a side end of a rear part of the swivel body and that is inclined in a tangential direction of a circle that becomes a swiveling locus during swiveling of the side end of the swivel body.

5. The crane according to claim 4 , wherein the further camera is disposed to face forward such that a lateral part of the traveling body and the swivel body is included in the image-taking range during traveling.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 29, 2019
From: ISHIKAWA, IWAO; TADANO, YUJI
To: TADANO LTD.
Reel/Frame 049309/0282 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-239900 · Dec 9, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190292024A1 · Sep 26, 2019
Cited By (1)
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