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US 12,552,405 · App. 16/963,198 · Granted Feb 17, 2026

Work vehicle with antenna devices for autonomous travel

Inventors: Yosuke Hanada (Osaka, JP); Fumio Ishibashi (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: Yanmar Power Technology Co., Ltd.
B60W60/001B60R11/02B60W2300/15B60W2756/10
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Patent No.
US 12,552,405
App. No.
16/963,198
Granted
Feb 17, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a work vehicle with which various antenna devices useful for autonomous travel and the like of the work vehicle can be mounted efficiently and the various antenna devices can be solidly supported. This work vehicle 1 is provided with a cabin 7, wherein a support frame 100 is fixed to a cabin frame 200 in the left-right width direction at an upper position on the outside of the cabin 7, and an antenna unit 50 on which an inertial measurement device, a GNSS antenna, and a wireless communication device are assembled, is attached to the support frame 100 while the inertial measurement device and the GNSS antenna are arranged in approximately the center position in the left-right width direction of the machine body.

Claims (20)

1 . A work vehicle comprising a cabin,

wherein a support frame extending in a lateral width direction is fixed to a cabin frame at an upper position outside the cabin, and

wherein an antenna unit is attached to the support frame via a bracket and the antenna unit with respect to the support frame is mounted displaceably from a normal use position protruding above a roof of the cabin to a non-use position in which the antenna unit and the bracket are lower than the highest position of the roof.

2 . The work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the support frame is coupled to mirror mounting parts provided on both lateral sides of the cabin frame to extend between the mirror mounting parts.

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

a control unit configured to perform autonomous traveling control of the vehicle body; and

an autonomous traveling restraint unit configured to restrict start of the autonomous traveling control by the control unit unless it is detected that the antenna unit is in the normal use position.

4 . The work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein a control unit configured to perform autonomous traveling control of the vehicle body is provided in the cabin, and a harness led out from the antenna unit is arranged to reach the control unit in the cabin via an internal/external communication passage provided in the cabin frame.

5 . The work vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein a harness led out from the antenna unit is arranged at one side edge in the lateral width direction on an outer surface of a windshield of the cabin and extends along a band-shaped part overlapping with a glass receiving part of a front pillar of the cabin.

6 . A work vehicle comprising:

a cabin;

an antenna unit having a receiver for receiving position information;

a support frame supporting the antenna unit; and,

a pair of left and right front pillars,

wherein the left side of the support frame is supported by the left front pillar, and the right side of the support frame is supported by the right front pillar.

7 . The work vehicle according to claim 6 ,

wherein the left and right front pillars are coupled to mirror mounting parts.

8 . The work vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein the antenna unit is located at a center position in the lateral width direction of a vehicle body.

9 . The work vehicle according to claim 6 ,

wherein at least a portion of the antenna unit protrudes in front of and above the left and right front pillars.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 12, 2020
From: HANADA, YOSUKE; ISHIBASHI, FUMIO
To: YANMAR POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053463/0929 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-006431 · Jan 18, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210122391A1 · Apr 29, 2021
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