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Granted Patent B2
US 12,352,007 · App. 17/943,672 · Granted Jul 8, 2025

Electric work vehicle

Inventor: Alexandre Carton (Saint-Dizier, FR)
Assignee: YANMAR HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 12,352,007
App. No.
17/943,672
Granted
Jul 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

To install an energy storage device with sufficient capacity thereby to extend operating time of an electric work machine, even for a small electric work machine. A hydraulic excavator, as an electric work machine, includes an electric motor, an energy storage device that stores electric power for driving the electric motor, and a hydraulic pump driven by the electric motor. The electric motor and the hydraulic pump are vertically located alongside.

Claims (35)

1. An electric earth-moving machine comprising:

an electric motor;

an energy storage device that stores electric power for driving the electric motor; and

a hydraulic pump driven by the electric motor;

wherein the electric motor and the hydraulic pump are vertically aligned and connected in a vertical direction; and

wherein the hydraulic pump is located below the electric motor.

2. The electric earth-moving machine according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a motor support portion that supports the electric motor on a machine body frame, wherein

the motor support portion has a bottom plate portion horizontally placed which is located below the electric motor, and

the hydraulic pump passes through the bottom plate portion.

3. The electric earth-moving machine according to claim 2 ,

wherein the motor support portion has:

a first support portion attached to the machine body frame, and a second support portion that supports the electric motor, and

the second support portion is supported by the first support portion.

4. The electric earth-moving machine according to claim 3 , wherein the second support portion has

the bottom plate portion, and

a fixing plate portion extending vertically from the bottom plate portion and to which the electric motor is fixed.

5. The electric earth-moving machine according to claim 4 , wherein the fixing plate portion is located between the electric motor and the energy storage device.

6. The electric earth-moving machine according to claim 4 , wherein the fixing plate portion holds an electric component.

7. The electric earth-moving machine according to claim 6 , wherein, on the fixing plate portion, the electric component is located next to alongside the electric motor.

8. The electric earth-moving machine according to claim 6 , wherein the electric component includes an inverter.

9. The electric earth-moving machine according to claim 6 , further comprising:

a hydraulic actuator driven by a hydraulic oil supplied from the hydraulic pump,

an electric instrument through which a refrigerant passes, and

a cooling device that cools at least one of the refrigerant and the hydraulic oil by heat exchange,

wherein the electric component is located facing the cooling device.

10. The electric earth-moving machine according to claim 9 , further comprising:

a hydraulic oil tank that contains the hydraulic oil,

wherein the electric motor is located between the hydraulic oil tank and the cooling device.

11. The electric earth-moving machine according to claim 9 , wherein the electric instrument includes the electric motor.

12. The electric earth-moving machinery according to claim 2 , wherein the bottom plate portion having an opening which the hydraulic pump passes through.

13. The electric earth-moving machine according to claim 2 , wherein the electric motor is larger than the hydraulic pump.

14. The electric earth-moving machine according to claim 4 , wherein the electric motor is fixed to the fixing plate portion with an output shaft facing up and down.

15. The electric earth-moving machine according to claim 2 , wherein the bottom plate portion is located lower than the electric motor.

16. The electric earth-moving machine according to claim 2 , wherein the electric motor is spaced away from the bottom plate portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2022
From: CARTON, ALEXANDRE
To: YANMAR HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061078/0293 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 22315155 · Jul 15, 2022 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240018745A1 · Jan 18, 2024
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