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Granted Patent B2
US 12,404,926 · App. 18/137,492 · Granted Sep 2, 2025

Work vehicle

Inventors: Tomonari Tsuchida (Osaka, JP); Tomoyuki Tanaka (Osaka, JP); Takahiro Matsuo (Osaka, JP); Hiroyuki Aikawa (Osaka, JP); Kazuhiro Wada (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
F16H57/0423F16H57/0457F16H2057/02056F16H57/031F16H57/0409
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Patent No.
US 12,404,926
App. No.
18/137,492
Granted
Sep 2, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A work vehicle including: a transmission configured to receive motive power input from a motive power source, and shift and output the input motive power to a travel device; a transmission case housing the transmission; and a gear pair disposed in the transmission, in a bottom section of an internal space of the transmission case, and including (i) a first power transmission gear configured to rotate about a first rotation axis, and (ii) a second power transmission gear configured to mesh with the first power transmission gear and rotate about a second rotation axis that is parallel with the first rotation axis. The work vehicle further includes at least one gear cover covering the first power transmission gear and the second power transmission gear.

Claims (14)

1. A work vehicle comprising:

a transmission configured to receive motive power input from a motive power source, and shift and output the input motive power to a travel device;

a transmission case housing the transmission; and

at least one gear pair disposed in the transmission, in a bottom section of an internal space of the transmission case, and including (i) a first power transmission gear configured to rotate about a first rotation axis, and (ii) a second power transmission gear configured to mesh with the first power transmission gear and rotate about a second rotation axis parallel with the first rotation axis,

wherein the work vehicle further comprises at least one gear cover covering the first power transmission gear and the second power transmission gear, and

wherein the at least one gear cover includes a first split cover covering at least an entire upper portion of the first power transmission gear in a circumferential direction of the first power transmission gear, and a second split cover covering at least a lower portion of the second power transmission gear in a circumferential direction of the second power transmission gear.

2. The work vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second split cover is provided as a portion of a bottom wall of the transmission case.

3. The work vehicle according to claim 2 ,

wherein the bottom wall is configured to be detachable from a body of the transmission case.

4. The work vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first split cover further includes a front cover section and a rear cover section,

wherein a clutch cover provided in between the front cover section and the rear cover section, and

wherein the front cover section, the rear cover section, and the clutch cover extend along a rotation axis of the first power transmission gear.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 30, 2023
From: TSUCHIDA, TOMONARI; TANAKA, TOMOYUKI; MATSUO, TAKAHIRO; AIKAWA, HIROYUKI; WADA, KAZUHIRO
To: KUBOTA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063796/0844 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-101759 · Jun 24, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230417313A1 · Dec 28, 2023
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