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Granted Patent B2
US 10,640,029 · App. 15/583,255 · Granted May 5, 2020

Work vehicle

Inventors: Kazuyuki Tashiro (Sakai, JP); Kohta Nakao (Sakai, JP)
Assignee: Kubota Corporation
B60P1/28B60P1/16B60P1/283
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Patent No.
US 10,640,029
App. No.
15/583,255
Granted
May 5, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A work vehicle is provided with a driving section ( 5 ), and a load carrying deck ( 6 ) disposed rearwardly of the driving section ( 5 ). The load carrying deck ( 6 ) is configured to be pivotally liftable between an elevated posture in which a front end portion of the deck ( 6 ) is elevated, and a lowered posture in which the front end portion of the deck ( 6 ) is lowered. Between right and left ends of an upper end portion ( 61 a ) of a front wall ( 61 ) of the load carrying deck ( 6 ), there is provided a plate-like elastic member 8 extending forwardly upward.

Claims (17)

1. A work vehicle comprising:

a driving section;

a load carrying deck mounted rearwardly of the driving section, the load carrying deck being configured to be pivotally liftable up/down between an elevated posture in which a front end portion of the deck is elevated, and a lowered posture in which the front end portion of the deck is lowered;

a plate-like elastic member extending forwardly upward from an upper end portion of a front wall of the load carrying deck between right and left ends thereof; and

a frame member extending in a right/left direction at a rear end portion of the driving section,

wherein when the load-carrying deck is set under the lowered posture, the plate-like elastic member comes into contact with the frame member and is set under an inclined posture in which the inclination of the plate-like elastic member is increased forward so as to guide a load of the load-carrying deck received by the plate-like elastic member to an inner side of the load carrying deck along the inclination.

2. The work vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the front wall of the load carrying deck is formed higher than all of a right wall, a left wall and a rear wall of the load carrying deck.

3. The work vehicle of claim 1 , wherein:

the upper end portion of the front wall of the load carrying deck extends forwardly upward; and

the plate-like elastic member is mounted and supported on the upper end portion of the front wall.

4. The work vehicle of claim 1 , further comprising:

an engine;

wherein the engine is mounted downwardly of the load carrying deck.

5. The work vehicle of claim 1 , wherein:

the front wall has a planar part expanding planarly in a vertical direction and an extending part extending forward and upward from an upper end portion of the planar part;

the plate-like elastic member is mounted and supported on the extending part; and

a lower end portion of the plate-like elastic member is arranged at a position corresponding to the upper end portion of the planar part.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 4, 2017
From: TASHIRO, KAZUYUKI; NAKAO, KOHTA
To: KUBOTA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044284/0835 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2016-093323 · May 6, 2016 · national
JP 2016-123837 · Jun 22, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170320423A1 · Nov 9, 2017
Cited By (1)
US 12,687,224