IP Library Granted Patent US 7,914,067
Granted Patent B2
US 7,914,067 · App. 12/270,023 · Granted Mar 29, 2011

Excavator mounted with tanks having side doors

Assignee: Volvo Construction Equipment Holding Sweden AB
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Patent No.
US 7,914,067
App. No.
12/270,023
Granted
Mar 29, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

An excavator mounted with tanks having side doors. Bend-formed side doors are mounted on outer sides of a hydraulic fluid tank and a fuel tank that are welded structures mounted on an upper frame of the excavator, have the same curved surfaces as an external shape of the equipment, so that no precise tank manufacturing work is required and welded portions of the tanks are prevented from being exposed to an outside.

Claims (21)

1. An excavator mounted with tanks having side doors, comprising:

a lower driving structure;

an upper frame mounted on the lower driving structure to be swiveled;

a cap mounted in a front of the upper frame;

an engine room mounted in a rear of the upper frame;

working devices fixed to the upper frame, and composed of a boom, an arm, and a bucket driven by hydraulic cylinders, respectively;

a counter weight mounted in the rear of the upper frame to keep the balance of the excavator during work;

a hydraulic fluid tank and a fuel tank mounted on the upper frame in front of the engine room;

side doors being bend-formed and being hingedly fixed to outer sides of the hydraulic fluid tank and the fuel tank, respectively, to form outer side surfaces of the hydraulic fluid tank and the fuel tank; and

storage parts corresponding to spaces between outer side surfaces of the hydraulic fluid tank and the fuel tank and inner side surfaces of the side doors, respectively, to keep service components of the excavator in custody.

2. An excavator mounted with tanks having side doors, comprising:

a lower driving structure;

an upper frame mounted on the lower driving structure to be swiveled;

a cap mounted in a front of the upper frame;

an engine room mounted in a rear of the upper frame;

working devices fixed to the upper frame, and composed of a boom, an arm, and a bucket driven by hydraulic cylinders, respectively;

a counter weight mounted in the rear of the upper frame to keep the balance of the excavator during work;

a hydraulic fluid tank and a fuel tank mounted on the upper frame in front of the engine room;

a side door being bend-formed and being hingedly fixed to an outer side of the fuel tank to form an outer side surface of the fuel tank;

a side door for the engine room being bend-formed and being hingedly fixed to an outer side of a cowl frame, and extending to a boundary part between the hydraulic fluid tank and the fuel tank to form outer side surfaces of the engine room and the hydraulic fluid tank; and

storage parts corresponding to a space between the outer side surface of the fuel tank and an inner side surface of the side door and a space between the outer side surface of the hydraulic fluid tank and the inner side surface of the side door for the engine room, respectively, to keep service components of the excavator in custody.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 25, 2023
From: VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT HOLDING SWEDEN AB
To: VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AB
Reel/Frame 065021/0864 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 13, 2008
From: LEE, TAEK WOO
To: VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT HOLDING SWEDEN AB
Reel/Frame 021828/0226 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2007-0121985 · Nov 28, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
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