IP Library Granted Patent US 11,499,288
Granted Patent B2
US 11,499,288 · App. 16/649,706 · Granted Nov 15, 2022

Hydraulic excavator

Inventors: Taihei Maehara (Koka, JP); Kiwamu Takahashi (Moriyama, JP); Takeshi Ishii (Shiga, JP)
Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Tierra Co., Ltd
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Patent No.
US 11,499,288
App. No.
16/649,706
Granted
Nov 15, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An upper revolving structure ( 4 ) of a hydraulic excavator ( 1 ) includes a revolving frame ( 7 ), a counterweight ( 8 ), an operator's seat ( 12 ), a right front cover ( 17 B) disposed from the right side of the operator's seat ( 12 ) toward a front end side of the revolving frame ( 7 ), a control valve device ( 18 ), and an accumulator ( 21 ). An accumulator support device ( 23 ) is provided between the operator's seat ( 12 ) and the right front cover ( 17 B), the accumulator support device ( 23 ) is configured by a box ( 24 ) providing the inside thereof for an accommodating space ( 25 ) and having an opening ( 26 ) and a lid member ( 28 ) mounted on the box ( 24 ) through a hinge member ( 29 ) and opened and closed between an open position at which the side of a free end ( 28 D) opens the opening ( 26 ) and a closed position at which the side of the free end ( 28 D) closes the opening ( 26 ), and the accumulator ( 21 ) is mounted on the lid member ( 28 ).

Claims (21)

1. A hydraulic excavator comprising:

a self-propelled lower traveling structure;

an upper revolving structure mounted rotatably on the lower traveling structure; and

a working mechanism mounted tiltably on a front side of the upper revolving structure;

the upper revolving structure comprising:

a revolving frame on whose front side the working mechanism is mounted;

an operator's seat disposed on a front side of the revolving frame;

a right front cover disposed from the right side of the operator's seat toward a front end side of the revolving frame and covering equipment mounted on the revolving frame;

a control valve device controlling supply and discharge of pressurized oil to a plurality of hydraulic actuators provided on the lower traveling structure, the upper revolving structure and the working mechanism; and

an accumulator accumulating the pressure of the pressurized oil discharged from at least one hydraulic actuator in the plurality of hydraulic actuators and having a pressurized oil supply and discharge port connected to the control valve device through a hydraulic hose, wherein

an accumulator support device supporting the accumulator is provided between the operator's seat and the right front cover,

the accumulator support device is configured by a box providing the inside thereof for an accommodating space accommodating the accumulator and having an opening taking the accumulator in and out of the accommodating space and a lid member is rotatably connected to the box and opened and closed between an open position at which the opening is opened and a closed position at which the opening is closed, wherein

the lid member whose one end is a rotating end rotatably connected to the box by a connecting member and a free end opposite to the rotating end is provided with a hook that can be latched on the box when the lid member is at the closed position, and

the accumulator is configured to be mounted on the lid member in the state where the pressurized oil supply and discharge port is disposed on a side of the rotating end of the lid member.

2. The hydraulic excavator according to claim 1 , wherein

the accumulator is provided with a gas filling port filling a filler gas, and

the accumulator is mounted on the lid member in the state where the gas filling port is disposed on the side of the free end side of the lid member.

3. The hydraulic excavator according to claim 1 , wherein

an open position retaining mechanism holding the lid member at the open position is provided between the box and the lid member.

4. The hydraulic excavator according to claim 1 , wherein

the accumulator is provided with a pressure gauge displaying the pressure of a filler gas, and the lid member is provided with an opening visually confirming the pressure gauge from the outside of the box when the lid member is at the closed position.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 23, 2020
From: MAEHARA, TAIHEI; TAKAHASHI, KIWAMU; ISHII, TAKESHI
To: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY TIERRA CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052192/0409 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-064645 · Mar 29, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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