IP Library › Granted Patent US 10,640,949
Granted Patent B2
US 10,640,949 · App. 15/752,747 · Granted May 5, 2020

Construction machine

Inventors: Shigeru Hirasawa (Ibaraki, JP); Takeshi Hibiya (Chiba, JP); Toshikazu Kanno (Ibaraki, JP); Kazuhiko Mizoguchi (Ibaraki, JP)
Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 10,640,949
App. No.
15/752,747
Granted
May 5, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

To make a reserve tank be hardly affected by the heat of an engine. An engine room ( 5 ) is totally covered by an exterior cover ( 9 ) including openings ( 44 ) at the upper surface, and includes in the inside thereof an engine ( 13 ), a radiator ( 24 ), a cooling fan ( 20 ) for sucking external air and cooling the radiator, and a reserve tank ( 30 ) for storing cooling water of the engine. The reserve tank ( 30 ) is disposed at a position above the engine ( 13 ) and facing the openings ( 44 ) and a position on the upstream side of the flow of the air with respect to the openings ( 44 ).

Claims (12)

1. A construction machine, comprising:

a travel base; and

a revolving upperstructure that is turnably attached to the travel base and includes a working device in the front, a counterweight in the rear, and an engine room between the working device and the counterweight,

wherein the engine room is totally covered by an exterior cover that includes an opening at an upper surface, and includes an engine, a radiator, a cooling fan, and a reserve tank in the inside of the engine room, the cooling fan sucking external air and cooling the radiator, the reserve tank storing cooling water of the engine,

a flow of air inside the engine room is formed so that external air sucked into the engine room by the cooling fan is discharged from the opening,

a protrusion portion which protrudes upward for covering an upper surface of the reserve tank is formed on the upper surface of the exterior cover,

the opening is disposed at a side surface of the protrusion portion, and

the reserve tank is disposed at a position which is at a center of and above the engine and facing the opening and a position on the upstream side of the flow of the air with respect to the opening.

2. The construction machine according to claim 1 , wherein

the radiator, the cooling fan, and the engine are disposed in this order from the upstream side to the downstream side of the flow of the air,

a space for maintenance is formed between the cooling fan and the engine, and

the reserve tank is disposed at a position escaping the space for maintenance and a position above the radiator.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2018
From: HIRASAWA, SHIGERU; HIBIYA, TAKESHI; KANNO, TOSHIKAZU; MIZOGUCHI, KAZUHIKO
To: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 044930/0076 →
Continuity (1)
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