Abstract: A vehicle module system is disclosed. The system includes a track assembly operably coupled with a body of a vehicle. One or more modules may be removably and slidably coupled with the track assembly. The modules include base structure defining an attachment point. A rail feature is disposed along a bottom portion of the base structure. An attachment feature having a retainer for removably coupling to the attachment point to the base structure.

Abstract: An automotive folding seat device includes a seat support platform that is mounted on a floor, a cushion storage mechanism that is capable of moving a seat cushion from an in-use position to a storage position, a reclining mechanism that is capable of selectively holding a seat back at a raised position and a dropped-down position, and a coupling mechanism that provides a link between the reclining mechanism and the cushion storage mechanism, wherein the floor has formed thereon an elevated surface and a low surface, which is lower than the elevated surface, the seat support platform is mounted on the elevated surface, and the cushion storage mechanism is arranged so as to be capable of moving the seat cushion from the in-use position, which is higher than the elevated surface, to the storage position, which is close to the low surface.

Abstract: A front panel opening/closing system includes a hydraulic cylinder, a tilt cylinder, a tilt pump, and a valve. The hydraulic cylinder is connected to a front panel of a cap to perform an operation of opening/closing the front panel. The tilt cylinder is connected to the cap to perform an operation of tilting the cap. The tilt pump is connected to the hydraulic cylinder and the tilt cylinder through a hydraulic line to provide oil pressure. The valve is disposed at the hydraulic line of the tilt pump and the tilt cylinder. When the valve is positioned at a first position, the oil pressure is supplied from a hydraulic pump to the hydraulic cylinder and the tilt cylinder through the hydraulic line. When the valve is positioned at a second position, the oil pressure is supplied from the hydraulic pump only to the tilt cylinder through the hydraulic line.

Abstract: A system for supporting a tiltable structure for a work vehicle including an upper link pivotably connected to a lower link. A connecting link is pivotably connected to the upper link, the connecting link having an engagement member. The upper link, lower link and engagement member securing the tiltable structure in a maintenance position.

Abstract: In some embodiments, systems and methods provided herein relate to a riding mower including a plurality of user support components coupled to a main frame and a suspension component coupled to the plurality of user support components such that movement of the plurality of user support component parallels each other. The mower may include a seat that can be moved such that operational components (e.g., a mower engine, battery, pump, or steering control) are more accessible.

Abstract: In a working vehicle having a tilt floor, a torsion bar has one end mounted on the tilt floor and the other end thereof mounted on a base frame, and is disposed on the tilt floor which is tilted up and down relative to the base frame. In a maximally opened position where the tilt floor is tilted up and a closed position where the tilt floor is tilted down, a position of a barycenter (G) of the tilt floor on which the driving room (C) is disposed is opposite from each other relative to a turning center of the tilt floor across the top dead center.

Abstract: A skid steer loader comprises: a main frame assembly (1); a boom assembly (2); a pair of right and left travel assemblies (3); a cabin (4) mounted so as to be capable of being tilted; an engine (5) located so as to be oriented in a longitudinal direction and at a location closer to a rear; a hydrostatic transmission (8) and an oil pump (9) connected to a front portion of the engine (5). A utility space is defined between the oil pump (9) and a bottom (1a) of the main frame assembly (1). A fuel tank (6) and a hydraulic tank (7) are located on the bottom of the main frame assembly (1) and to one lateral side and to the other lateral side respectively of the engine (5) and forwardly of the engine (5) in a vicinity of the oil pump (9). At least one of the fuel tank (6) and the hydraulic tank (7) has a laterally extending portion that projects into the utility space.

Abstract: A work vehicle includes a frame, and a cab structure and a seat each pivotably connected to the frame. A mechanical interconnection is provided between the cab structure and a seat. In response to the cab structure pivoting away from the frame by a predetermined amount, the seat is urged to pivot away from the frame by the mechanical interconnection.

Abstract: A four-wheeled utility vehicle including an engine unit mounted in the utility vehicle; and a vehicle body frame including a frame member that is disposed in the vicinity of the engine unit and is partially movable relative to the engine unit.

Abstract: An upper swing body of an excavator is disclosed wherein a rear protrusion is minimized to reduce an operating radius and a cooling performance is improved even in a narrow engine room. An upper swing body of an excavator according to the present invention comprises a main frame (12) forming a base of the upper swing body; a support (16) including a pair of vertical frames (17, 18) disposed upwardly from an upper surface of a rear portion of the main frame (12) and laterally spaced apart from each other by a certain distance, and a horizontal frame (19) for connecting upper ends of the pair of vertical frames (17, 18) to each other; a cab (80) having a front lower portion supported by the main frame (12), and a rear lower portion supported by the support (16); and an engine (10) disposed in a space formed below the horizontal frame (19) of the support (16).

Abstract: Construction machine in which an engine carrier is connected to a tool carrier via a joint to form an articulated running gear, the engine carrier having at least a first chassis axle and an engine for driving the construction machine and the tool carrier having at least a second chassis axle. The construction machine additionally has a driver's cab which is arranged between the engine and tool carrier and is attached, in accordance with the invention, displaceably to the tool carrier in such a way that it can be displaced along the longitudinal axis of the tool carrier and can thus be varied in its height position in such a way that it can be raised, for operating the construction machine, into a working position and lowered, for transporting the construction machine, into a transportation position.

Abstract: An industrial truck T, in particular a counterweighted fork-lift truck, has a vehicle chassis (1) which surrounds an auxiliary equipment compartment C. A step recess (5) forms a section of the boundary of the auxiliary equipment compartment. To simplify the service and maintenance of the industrial truck, the step recess (5) has a service and maintenance opening (5a) which can be closed by a service and maintenance cover (6), through which opening (5a) the auxiliary equipment compartment can be accessed.

Abstract: A front side of a floor panel (15) is pivotally supported on a floor panel support mechanism (21), permitting tilting of the floor panel in a forward direction with respect to a revolving frame (5) by way of a tilting mechanism (30). The tilting mechanism (30) has a guide rail assembly (33) which is pivotally supported on the side of the revolving frame (5), a screw rod (34) which is rotatably supported on the guide rail assembly (33), and a displacement member (35) which is attached to the floor panel (15) and held in threaded engagement with the screw rod (34). The floor panel (15) and a cab (29) are tilted up in the forward direction upon rotationally driving the screw rod (34) to translate the displacement member (35) constituting the tilting mechanism (30).

Abstract: A height control linkage for a vehicle cab suspension comprising elongated lower and upper linkage members, each of which has upper and lower ends. The lower linkage member has external, vertically spaced-apart, alternating ridges and grooves formed thereon for at least a portion thereof above its lower end. The lower end of the upper linkage member has a generally C-shaped cross-sectional portion defining a gap. The generally C-shaped portion of the upper linkage member has internal, vertically spaced-apart, alternating ridges and grooves which are complementary to the external ridges and grooves of the lower linkage member. The upper end of the lower linkage member is adapted to be vertically adjustably snap-fitted through the gap of the upper linkage member to connect the lower linkage member to the upper linkage member. A snap-clip is provided to maintain the linkage members in their connected relationship.

Abstract: A hinge is provided suitable for attaching a hood to a car or truck. The hinge includes generally tubular members sharing a common axis of rotation. Elastomeric elements interposed between the tubular members provide isolation between the parts of the hinge. Relative rotation between the tubular members compresses the elastomeric elements creating a spring-force opposing the relative rotation. The hood, hinge, and vehicle may be configured so that the spring-force of the elastomeric elements assists in opening and/or closing of the hood.

Abstract: In a vehicle, a cowl portion for supporting a front end of a windshield is disposed above the dash panel so as to extend in a width direction of the vehicle, an instrument panel member is located backward away from the cowl portion so as to extend in the width direction of the vehicle above the dash panel, a recess portion is formed in such manner that a central portion of the dash panel in the width direction of the vehicle is recessed backward from the cowl portion to the instrument panel member, and the driving device for the vehicle is disposed in the recess portion such that the driving device is located in front of and close to the instrument panel member.

Abstract: A work vehicle with a tilt floor, which is capable of improving the maintainability around an engine and the operability and comfortability of a driver's seat and its periphery, is provided. The work vehicle with a tilt floor includes a hinge mechanism which is provided on the front end of the tilt floor to enable to turn the tilt floor toward the front of the vehicle body, the rear of the tilt floor is formed to be higher than the front of the tilt floor so to cover the headroom of an engine disposed on the rear of the vehicle body, and an operator seat is disposed on the top surface at the rear of the tilt floor.

Abstract: A deck mounted air cleaner assembly for a vehicle having a deck with an external and an internal face. The deck is pivotal about an axis. The assembly includes an air filter mounted on the external face of the deck. A clean air duct extends from the air filter and passes through an opening in the deck to an engine. A flexible portion of the duct between the deck and the engine is provided wherein pivotal movement of the deck translates into movement of the air filter.

Abstract: An operator's room (cab) situated in a region above the power train of a work machine which has an opening for maintenance purposes formed passing through a floor frame and a lid member for closing off the opening installed on the floor frame, and which achieves both good quietness characteristics and good workability during servicing. In the operator's cab of the invention, the floor section of the floor frame has a hollow box-type structure, and the lid member has a hollow box-type structure which fits into the opening in the floor section of the floor frame, and furthermore, a sealing member for sealing a gap between the floor section of the floor frame and the lid member is provided.

Abstract: An engine access cover assembly in a cab of an over the highway truck or tractor. The assembly includes a mounting bezel and an engine cover. The mounting bezel is fastened to a perimeter of an engine access opening. The mounting bezel defines a cover mounting surface that extends past an obstruction, such as a fixed floor mat in the cab. The engine cover has a mating surface that coacts with the mounting surface. A plurality of fastening members, such as screws or latches, secure the bezel and cover together.

Abstract: The invention related to a process for suspending on a vehicle frame a driving cab which has two-point suspension. Assembly involves the cab being lowered towards the frame by means of a lifting device so that a contact device fitted to the cab is caused to rest on the portions of a supporting device which protrude on either side of a supporting unit mounted on the frame. This means that the cab lies in a stable manner against the frame and that the fastening apertures of the contact device and of the supporting device are placed centrally to one another. The lifting device can therefore be released and the contact device be secured to the fastening device, thereby fixing the contact device relative to the supporting device but leaving the supporting device freely rotatable in the supporting unit.

Abstract: There is provided a cab structure that a joint portion of a cab and a chassis frame has sufficient shear strength and which can disperse external force to the entire cab or chassis frame to reduce the burden of load and can sufficiently resist the impact load in the longitudinal direction. A front end portion of a cab-under-frame fixed to the outer surface of the floor panel is extended toward a front upper side, and a cab mount bracket is also extended toward a front upper side so that they are integrally joined with a front mounting rail. As a result, these three components are firmly fastened to disperse the incoming force in the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A construction machine including a maneuvering seat on which an operator sits, a guard cover for supporting the maneuvering seat thereon, and a control box arranged on one side of the maneuvering seat. The control box having a control valve and an operating lever for operating the control valve. The control box turning about a turning fulcrum so as to facilitate getting on and off when an operator gets on and off from the maneuvering seat. The construction machine further including hydraulic hoses which hang from the control valve and are pulled out of the control box. The hydraulic hoses having bent portions externally of the control box, the bent portions being displaced when the control box turns to absorb the up and down movement of the hydraulic hoses. Accordingly, the up and down movement of the hydraulic hoses caused when the control box is forced up is absorbed by bent portions provided externally of the control box.

Abstract: A locking mechanism limits the motion of a vehicle cab that swings down on the vehicle chassis to rest on a floating bracket, where the floating bracket is supported by shock absorbers mounted to a chassis. The mechanism prevents upward movement of the floating bracket and thereby prevents upward swing of the cab from the chassis. The locking mechanism includes a flat arm fixed to the floating bracket and a fulcrum member fixed to the flat arm. The fulcrum member pivotally mounts a swing arm having a projection at one end. The mechanism is in a locking condition when the projection engages a mounting bracket fixed to the chassis. At different times when the cab swings down to the floating bracket, the cab's alignment with the chassis varies. The locking mechanism has features which allow it to adjust three-dimensionally to variations in this alignment.

Abstract: A work vehicle is provided that permits easy routine daily inspection services of a rear mounted engine in the vehicle. The vehicle has a cab covering a rear engine compartment. The cab is pivotally mounted on the frame of the vehicle. An engine hood is in turn pivotally mounted on the cab and covers the engine in the engine compartment. Accordingly, the hood can be pivoted or rotated to expose the engine for routine daily maintenance while the cab and the engine hood can be pivoted or rotated to expose the entire engine compartment for periodic heavy duty maintenance.