IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,168,376
Granted Patent B2
US 12,168,376 · App. 18/440,114 · Granted Dec 17, 2024

Work vehicle

Inventor: Takahiro Yamashina (Kagawa, JP)
Assignee: TADANO LTD.
B60G17/0152B60G2202/152
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Patent No.
US 12,168,376
App. No.
18/440,114
Granted
Dec 17, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a truck crane, in a state where an air suspension is in an exhaust state and a locking member is not in a locked position, a control unit restricts a movement of a front outrigger and a rear outrigger to a ground contact position, and in a state where the air suspension is in the exhaust state and the locking member is in the locked position, the control unit allows the movement of the front outrigger and the rear outrigger to the ground contact position.

Claims (25)

1. A work vehicle comprising:

a shaft on which a wheel is rotatably mounted;

a suspension device that has a shaft support unit that supports the shaft, and an air suspension that is interposed between the shaft support unit and a vehicle body and is switchable between an exhaust state in which air inside is exhausted and the air suspension retracts, and a leveling state in which air is supplied inside and the air suspension extends longer than the exhaust state;

a locking member that is movable between a locked position that restricts an extension action of the air suspension in the exhaust state and an unlocked position that allows the extension action of the air suspension in the exhaust state;

an outrigger device that is movable between a ground contact position where the outrigger device contacts the ground and supports the vehicle body and a housing position where the outrigger device is housed in the vehicle body; and

a control unit that includes at least one circuit that controls actions of at least the air suspension, the locking member, and the outrigger device, wherein

the control unit restricts a movement of the outrigger device to a ground contact position in a state where the air suspension is in the exhaust state and the locking member is not in the locked position, and allows a movement of the outrigger device to the ground contact position in a state where the air suspension is in the exhaust state and the locking member is in the locked position.

2. The work vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising a sensor that detects the locked position and the unlocked position of the locking member.

3. The work vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a plurality of the wheels;

a plurality of the suspension device provided corresponding to the plurality of the wheels; and

a plurality of the locking member provided corresponding to the plurality of the wheels, wherein

the control unit allows a movement of the outrigger device to the ground contact position in a state where all the locking members are in the locked position.

4. The work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the control unit restricts a switch action of the air suspension from the exhaust state to the leveling state in a state where the air suspension is in the exhaust state and the locking member is in the locked position.

5. The work vehicle according to claim 4 , further comprising:

a plurality of the wheels;

a plurality of the suspension device provided corresponding to the plurality of the wheels; and

a plurality of the locking member provided corresponding to the plurality of the wheels, wherein

the control unit restricts a switch action of the air suspension from the exhaust state to the leveling state in a state where at least one of the locking member is in the locked position.

6. The work vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a locking cylinder that extends and retracts to move the locking member between the locked position and the unlocked position; and

a sensor that detects an expansion and a retraction of the locking cylinder, wherein

the locking member moves to a locked position on one hand when the locking cylinder extends or retracted, and moves to an unlocked position on an other hand when the locking cylinder extends or retracted, and

the control unit determines that a movement of the locking member to the locked position is detected when the sensor detects one of an expansion and a retraction of the locking cylinder, and determines that a movement of the locking member to the unlocked position is detected when the sensor detects an other of an expansion or a retraction of the locking cylinder.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 13, 2024
From: YAMASHINA, TAKAHIRO
To: TADANO LTD.
Reel/Frame 066451/0487 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023-021790 · Feb 15, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240270039A1 · Aug 15, 2024