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Granted Patent B2
US 12,319,362 · App. 17/484,433 · Granted Jun 3, 2025

Housing body and working machine

Inventors: Kazuyuki Hatta (Sakai, JP); Hiroyuki Ueda (Sakai, JP); Tadayoshi Umemoto (Sakai, JP); Yoshiyuki Enomoto (Sakai, JP)
Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
B62D33/0617B60N3/10B60R7/04B62D1/12B62D49/00E02F3/32E02F3/7618E02F3/963E02F9/2004
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Patent No.
US 12,319,362
App. No.
17/484,433
Granted
Jun 3, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosed art includes: a machine body; an operator's seat mounted on the machine body and including a seat part and a backrest part; a manipulator base disposed on a lateral side of the operator's seat; and a housing body for housing a printed material therein, and the housing body is disposed forward of the backrest part and on the opposite side of the manipulator base from the operator's seat.

Claims (49)

1. A working machine comprising:

a machine body;

an operator's seat mounted on the machine body and including a seat part and a backrest part;

a manipulator base disposed on a lateral side of the operator's seat; and

a housing body for housing therein a printed material including one or more cards,

wherein the manipulator base is provided with a manipulator lever disposed on the lateral side of the operator's seat and forward of the backrest part, and

wherein the housing body

is attached to a side portion of the manipulator base that is located forward of the manipulator lever and that faces away from the operator's seat, and

is disposed on an opposite side of the manipulator base from the operator's seat.

2. The working machine according to claim 1 ,

wherein the manipulator base includes a drink holder for holding a beverage container, the drink holder being located forward of the manipulator lever,

wherein the drink holder includes a top edge portion which defines a top end opening for insertion of the beverage container,

wherein the housing body includes:

an engagement portion to be hooked on the top edge portion of the drink holder; and

an attachment part to be attached to the manipulator base, the attachment part being disposed below the engagement portion, and

wherein the engagement portion is hooked on a part of the top edge portion of the drink holder at an opposite side from the operator's seat such that the housing body is located on an opposite side of the drink holder from the operator's seat.

3. The working machine according to claim 1 ,

wherein the housing body includes:

a housing portion configured to house the printed material therein and having an insertion opening at an upper portion thereof; and

a stopper protrusion provided above the insertion opening to prevent the printed material from escaping from the housing portion.

4. The working machine according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a front working device including a boom and a working tool,

wherein the manipulator lever on the manipulator base is a manipulator lever for operating the front working device.

5. The working machine according to claim 1 ,

wherein the working machine includes a dozer, and a dozer lever for operating the dozer is provided on the manipulator base,

wherein the dozer lever is disposed on an opposite side of the manipulator lever from the operator's seat and rearward of the manipulator lever, and

wherein the housing body is disposed on an opposite side of the manipulator lever from the operator's seat and forward of the dozer lever.

6. The working machine according to claim, 1 further comprising:

a traveling device; and

a traveling lever for operating the traveling device, the traveling lever being disposed forward of the operator's seat,

wherein the housing body is disposed rearward of the traveling lever.

7. The working machine according to claim 2 ,

wherein the housing body includes a wall portion which includes a wall surface facing toward the drink holder and which is located at an outer surface side of the drink holder, and the housing body is configured such that an upper portion of the wall portion protrudes upward from the top edge portion of the drink holder, and

wherein the engagement portion includes:

an upper wall that extends from an upper portion of the wall portion in a direction toward the operator's seat to be located on the top edge portion of the drink holder; and

a bent-down wall that extends downward from a distal edge of the upper wall to be located at an inner surface side of the drink holder.

8. The working machine according to claim 1 ,

wherein an upper end of the housing body is disposed lower than an upper end of the manipulator lever.

9. The working machine according to claim 2 ,

wherein

the manipulator base includes a console box provided with the drink holder, and a support bracket to which the console box is attached, and

the attachment part is attached to the support bracket.

10. A housing body for housing therein a printed material including one or more cards, the housing body being attached to a working machine, the working machine including a machine body, an operator's seat, a manipulator base disposed on a lateral side of the operator's seat, a manipulator lever provided on the manipulator base such that the manipulator lever is disposed on the lateral side of the operator's seat and forward of a backrest part of the operator's seat and a drink holder provided on the manipulator base such that the drink holder is located forward of the manipulator lever and including a top edge portion which defines a top end opening for insertion of a beverage container, and the housing body comprising:

an engagement portion to be engaged to the top edge portion of the drink holder; and

an attachment part to be attached to the manipulator base, the attachment part being disposed below the engagement portion,

wherein the engagement portion is hooked on a part of the top edge portion of the drink holder at an opposite side from the operator's seat such that the housing body is located on an opposite side of the drink holder from the operator's seat.

11. The housing body according to claim 10 , further comprising:

a housing portion configured to house the printed material therein and having an insertion opening at an upper portion thereof; and

a stopper protrusion provided above the insertion opening to prevent the printed material from escaping from the housing portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 29, 2021
From: HATTA, KAZUYUKI; UEDA, HIROYUKI; UMEMOTO, TADAYOSHI; ENOMOTO, YOSHIYUKI
To: KUBOTA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058502/0325 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-056976 · Mar 25, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2020010242 · Mar 10, 2020
Related Publication 20220009564A1 · Jan 13, 2022
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