Operator's Cab Patents (Class 296/190.01)
  • Patent number: 11965310
    Abstract: A cab includes: a console provided on a lateral side of an operator's seat; a base member including a support portion that pivotably supports the console between a normal posture in which the console is disposed to extend forward from the support portion and a tipped-up posture in which the console is disposed to extend upward from the support portion; and a tilt mechanism including a striker that is engaged with the console set in the normal posture and disengaged from the console set in the tipped-up posture, the tilt mechanism being capable of adjusting an angle of the console set in the normal posture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventor: Yasunari Kato
  • Patent number: 11780286
    Abstract: To improve a view of a side area from a cabin, the cabin mounted on a machine body includes a hollow rear pillar located on a rear portion of a side surface of the cabin. The rear pillar includes an interior opening through which an interior of the rear pillar is communicated with an interior of the cabin, and an exterior opening through which the interior of the rear pillar is communicated with an exterior of the cabin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Daisuke Yasunobe
  • Patent number: 11724652
    Abstract: A protection mechanism for a working vehicle includes a roof provided above an operator's seat, a pillar extending upward from a vehicle body and supporting the roof, a camera with a predetermined viewing direction, and a support stay which is connected to the pillar, orients the predetermined viewing direction of the camera sideways, and supports the camera below a peripheral portion of the roof. The protection mechanism includes a front pillar supporting a front portion of the roof and a rear pillar supporting a rear portion of the roof. The support stay is connected to the rear pillar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoru Horai, Takuya Nishikubo
  • Patent number: 11473268
    Abstract: A lever device includes a base pedestal, a movable body, a lever, a cam body having a cam groove, a guide pin, and a first biasing member. The lever is configured to swing between a push-down position at which the guide pin is arranged in the upper groove portion and a pull-up position at which the guide pin is arranged in the lower groove portion. The first biasing member has one end connected to a first connector portion provided on the base pedestal; and the other end connected to a second connector portion provided on the cam body, is arranged behind the second lateral shaft when the lever is located at the push-down position, and is arranged in front of the second lateral shaft when the lever is located at the pull-up position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichi Nishigori, Satoru Sakuraoka
  • Patent number: 11383622
    Abstract: A seat adjustment assembly, and a seat and vehicle including same, are described. The seat adjustment assembly includes an assembly frame being adapted for connecting to a seat; at least one first roller rotatably connected to the at least one wall; and at least one second roller rotatably connected to the at least one wall, the assembly frame and the rollers defining a cavity, the at least one first roller being disposed generally above the cavity, the at least one second roller being disposed generally below the cavity, for each roller, when contact surfaces of the roller are in contact with a rail disposed in the cavity, the contact surfaces of the roller being offset from a lateral center of the roller, the roller and the rail defining a passage between the rail and the lateral center of the roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC.
    Inventors: Robin Beauchemin, Gabriel Provost, Jean Guillemette
  • Patent number: 11254374
    Abstract: The invention exhibits an apparatus for improving the aerodynamics of a commercial vehicle having a cab with doors and below-situated footboards for climbing in and out, and having a front panel in which air inlets are present, wherein the air inlets are connected, via air ducts in or on the panel, to the front wheel case of the commercial vehicle and to an air outlet, wherein the at least one footboard of the cab can be folded away and has at least one through-flow region in the vehicle longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: MAGNA EXTERIORS GMBH
    Inventors: Peter Diehl, Robert Mohr
  • Patent number: 11203383
    Abstract: A suspension system for an operator station of a vehicle having a chassis includes a subframe structure positioned between the operator station and the chassis. The subframe structure includes a plurality of mounting pads configured to support the operator station. A plurality of suspension assemblies are connected between the chassis and the subframe structure near each of the mounting pads. A first lateral rod is connected between the subframe structure near one of the mounting pads and the chassis. A first longitudinal rod is connected between the subframe structure near one of the mounting pads and the chassis. A stabilizer bar is connected between the subframe structure at two locations and the chassis. A roll control bar is connected between the subframe structure at two locations and the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Byron N Manternach, Brandon Lee, Sungkwon Choi, Todd Rea, Daniel J Deboer, William K Rule, Donald E Young, Wen Tsung Lin, Charles N Warren, Andrew F. Rames
  • Patent number: 11072909
    Abstract: To provide a cab coming-off prevention structure of a working machine capable of preventing a coming-off prevention device from falling off. One end side of a stopper shaft portion 51 of a coming-off prevention device 16 is inserted through a through-hole 37a. The other end side of the stopper shaft portion 51 is inserted through an insertion hole 23b. A stopper main body portion 52 is provided on the other end of the stopper shaft portion 51. A portion of the key member 53 is fitted into a notched portion 51c provided along a direction crossing an axial direction of one end side the stopper shaft portion 51. The other part of the key member 53 protruding from the stopper shaft portion 51 is fixed to the one of the cab 14 and the revolving frame 23.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Caterpillar SARL
    Inventors: Tetsuji Takaoka, Ryosuke Ono
  • Patent number: 10981608
    Abstract: A reinforcement structure containing: at least one elevation reinforcement profile extending along an elevation direction; at least one transversal reinforcement profile extending along a transversal direction, substantially perpendicular to the elevation direction and at least one compartment panel extending against the elevation reinforcement profile and transversal reinforcement profile; and at least one reinforcement member extending along at least part of the elevation reinforcement profile between the elevation reinforcement profile and the compartment panel, the reinforcement member made of a material having a tensile strength greater than the tensile strength of the material forming the elevation reinforcement profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: ARCELORMITTAL
    Inventors: Nicolas Schneider, Jimmy Lam
  • Patent number: 10940609
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an additively manufactured transport structure. The transport structure includes cavities into which components that use an external interface are inserted. A plurality of components are assembled and integrated into the vehicle. In an embodiment, the components and frame are modular, enabling reparability and replacement of single parts in the event of isolated failures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Divergent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Robert Czinger, Broc William TenHouten, Stuart Paul Macey, David Charles O'Connell, Jon Paul Gunner, Antonio Bernerd Martinez, Narender Shankar Lakshman
  • Patent number: 10752132
    Abstract: A deployable working surface is provided for use in a reconfigurable passenger cabin of a personal automotive vehicle. The vehicle includes a first seat that can rotate to an inwardly-rotated position. The working surface is provided by a panel that is mounted on a second seat for movement between a stowed position and a working position. This movement includes vertical movement and rotational movement about a vertical axis. When the panel is in the working position, the working surface extends in a radial direction that is perpendicular to the direction the first seat is facing when in the rotated position and is positioned higher that an occupant seating surface of the first seat and in front of a backrest of the first seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: FAURECIA INTERIOR SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Fitzpatrick, Markus Uhlig, Desmond O'Regan, Matthew Benson, Fabrice Aycoberry
  • Patent number: 10550546
    Abstract: A cover of a work vehicle that defines a housing space for housing devices, including: a panel body having an obverse surface facing an outside of the housing space and a reverse surface facing an inside of the housing space; a plurality of panels arranged such that the surfaces of the panel bodies are positioned on the same plane; a connecting member having a pair of abutting plates abutting the reverse surfaces of a pair of panel bodies adjacent to each other; and a fixing member provided at abutting portions between each panel body and the connecting member, and detachably fixing each of the panel bodies to the connecting member from the obverse surface side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoshi Hirano, Shinjirou Ohki
  • Patent number: 10343730
    Abstract: An adjustable bunk is adapted for trucks or other vehicles equipped with a sleeping compartment. The bunk has a front end and a foot extremity and includes at least a first segment, pivotally connected to a second segment, by a supple connection, wherein the first segment may be in a horizontal position or in a non-horizontal position, while the second segment remains in a horizontal position. The first segment of the bunk is suspendable on an upper support placed above the bunk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Volvo Truck Corporation
    Inventors: Bruno Adam, Thibault Picardel-Vaillier, Laure Verger
  • Patent number: 9382692
    Abstract: A seat stand includes a seat support section including an installation plate portion having an upper surface on which a seat is provided and an left control box support section extending from a seat support section to the left side of the seat and supporting a left control box. The left control box support section includes an extension portion extending sideward from the installation plate portion and including an upper surface on which the left control box is supported. A arranging space is provided under the extension portion in such a manner that a connection line extending from the left control box supported on the extension portion is arranged through the arranging space. A cutout portion, formed in the extension portion, penetrates the extension portion in a vertical direction and is open sideward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori Sakatani, Yukio Hiraoka, Keiji Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9284716
    Abstract: A box section of a cab is detachable in a motor grader. The motor grader is provided with a bracket and a first controller. The bracket is attachable to a floor section. The first controller is attachable in a selective manner to the box section and the bracket and controls equipment required for travel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Kimura, Masahiko Hamaguchi, Takanori Yamahata, Shu Ishida, Hidenori Tatsuta
  • Patent number: 9255384
    Abstract: Provided is a construction machine where a pilot hose is easily routed. The construction machine includes a seat stand, an operator's seat provided on the seat stand, a remote control valve provided just above a front end of the seat stand at least one of right and left sides of the operator's seat; a hydraulic valve; and a pilot hose interconnecting the remote control valve and the hydraulic valve. The seat stand has an upper surface including a specific surface located beneath the remote control valve and a reference surface on which the operator's seat is installed. A step is provided between the specific surface and the reference surface to make the specific surface be lower than the reference surface, thus enlarging a space for routing the pilot hose beneath the remote control valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukio Hiraoka, Keiji Yamamoto, Masanori Sakatani
  • Patent number: 9038997
    Abstract: An example mount assembly includes a first chamber, at least partially defined by a first elastomeric element and a second chamber, at least partially defined by a second elastomeric element. The assembly also includes an inertia track having a central opening defining an axis. The inertia track defines a serpentine passage in fluid communication with the first chamber and the second chamber. The inertia track is moveable along the axis relative to the first elastomeric element and the second elastomeric element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffery Michael Bradshaw, Chris Dowson
  • Publication number: 20150130219
    Abstract: A turning working vehicle is provided with a monitor arrangement structure where a driver's seat is arranged on an operation part disposed on a turning body, and a working part manipulation lever which manipulates a working part and a monitor which displays various information are disposed on either one of left and right sides of the driver's seat. The monitor is arranged in an upright state outside and in front of the working part manipulation lever, and a display screen of the monitor is directed toward a viewpoint side of an operator seated on the driver's seat and performing manipulation while viewing a front side. An outer manipulation lever is arranged in an upright state behind the monitor thus allowing the operator to view the display screen of the monitor between the outer manipulation lever and the working part manipulation lever within a field of vision of the operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Zenzo Uchida, Masamitsu Uemura, Masami Miyanishi
  • Publication number: 20150115657
    Abstract: Provided is a construction machine where a pilot hose is easily routed. The construction machine includes a seat stand, an operator's seat provided on the seat stand, a remote control valve provided just above a front end of the seat stand at least one of right and left sides of the operator's seat; a hydraulic valve; and a pilot hose interconnecting the remote control valve and the hydraulic valve. The seat stand has an upper surface including a specific surface located beneath the remote control valve and a reference surface on which the operator's seat is installed. A step is provided between the specific surface and the reference surface to make the specific surface be lower than the reference surface, thus enlarging a space for routing the pilot hose beneath the remote control valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukio HIRAOKA, Keiji Yamamoto, Masanori Sakatani
  • Patent number: 8998301
    Abstract: A control platform for a road making machine comprises a fall protection for preventing the operator from falling down from the control platform. The disclosure is characterized by the fall protection comprising a pane of laminated glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Joseph Voegele AG
    Inventors: Ingo Herzberg, Tobias Gotterbarm
  • Patent number: 8973976
    Abstract: A bulldozer includes a cab and an engine hood. The cab has a foremost surface, and left and right front surfaces. The engine hood has an upper surface, left and right side surfaces, and flat first, second and third inclined surfaces. The first and second inclined surfaces contact the rear side of the upper surface and rear sides of the left and right side surfaces, and are inclined more obliquely to the right rear and left rear than the left and right side surfaces, respectively. The first, second and third inclined surfaces are inclined to face downward to the rear. The third inclined surface contacts the first and second inclined surfaces, and the upper surface. A window attached to the foremost surface is arranged in a vertical direction above first and second sides closest to the foremost surface out of sides constituting the first and second inclined surfaces, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nakagami, Taira Ozaki, Akihito Ounishi
  • Patent number: 8950801
    Abstract: A floor member comprises a lever-pedal mounting part in a front side, an operator's seat mounting part in a rear side, an indoor unit mounting surface part on which an indoor unit is mounted under the operator's seat mounting part, an entrance surface part which is provided in a door side between the indoor unit mounting surface part and the lever-pedal mounting part and on which an operator places a foot at getting-in/off, and a foot rest part which is surrounded by the lever-pedal mounting part, the indoor unit mounting surface part and the entrance surface part. The indoor unit mounting surface part and the entrance surface part form a successive plane successively extending with each other in a position lower by one step than the lever-pedal mounting part and the foot rest part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tabeta, Shogo Kimura
  • Patent number: 8944492
    Abstract: The description relates to a vehicle frame (1) which forms a safety cell having at least one vehicle seat (5), wherein the vehicle frame (1) comprises at least a floor section (10) and a side sill (20), and wherein at least one transverse element (30) for absorbing transverse forces is provided which is connected to at least the side sill (20) and extends on both sides of the at least one vehicle seat (5), in particular below the vehicle seat, and is arranged above the floor section (10). The description also relates to a vehicle seat (110) which can be adjusted at least between a driving position and an access position, wherein a seat surface (113) of the vehicle seat is substantially horizontal in the access position and is inclined to the rear with respect to the access position in the driving position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Innovative Mobility Automobile GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Hufnagl, Thomas Delos Santos
  • Patent number: 8911002
    Abstract: A driver seat is disposed at a position offset by a predetermined distance to the left from a vehicle width center line and an ingress-egress opening through which a driver gets on and off the vehicle is provided on a lateral side of the driver seat. A door is attached to a left upper frame via a door hinge and the ingress-egress opening is opened and closed by using the door. A parking brake lever is disposed near the left upper frame and the door hinge is provided on the same left upper frame. Since the door hinge and the parking brake lever are disposed close to each other, there is no possibility of the parking brake lever hindering ingress and egress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiki Takahashi, Futoshi Miyakawa, Yukinori Kurakawa
  • Patent number: 8899659
    Abstract: Vehicles are described including a cab having a door opening on a side thereof, a chassis that supports the cab, two or more steps leading to the door opening, each of which is supported by the cab or the chassis, wherein the steps are placed within the recesses in the cab or chassis, and a door connected to the cab, wherein the door fits within the door opening, and the door comprises a lower door extension having a lower edge that terminates near to an upper surface of a lowermost step, the lower door extension covers a majority of the one or more recesses, and the lower door extension extends outboard to match the outboard extension of a fender or exterior cab side panel to provide a coplanar transition from the fender to the door, or from the door to the exterior cab side panel, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: PACCAR Inc
    Inventor: Gerald J. Angelo
  • Patent number: 8851555
    Abstract: The cab of a mobile machine may include a first vertical plane centrally positioned along a width of the cab and extending along a length of the cab. The cab may also include a frame with an integrated rollover protective structure. The frame may include an A-post, a B-post, and a C-post arranged along a side of the cab and extending along a height direction of the cab. An elongated portion of the A-post may be inclined from a vertical axis of the cab to make an acute angle with the first vertical plane and an acute angle with a second vertical plane orthogonal to the first vertical plane. And, an elongated portion of the B-post may be inclined from the vertical axis to make an acute angle with the first vertical plane and an acute angle with the second vertical plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Mathew J Gielda, Christian D. Ritchie, Justin Michael Malohn, Brent Ryan Frazier
  • Patent number: 8833841
    Abstract: The device-supporting member comprises: an upper horizontal plate portion having an upper surface for placing a cooling unit thereon; a lower horizontal plate portion disposed below the upper horizontal plate portion and having a maintenance hole formed to penetrate therethrough in an up and down direction so as to allow maintenance of the cooling unit; and an upper right vertical plate portion and a lower left vertical plate portion each provided between the upper horizontal plate portion and the lower horizontal plate portion. The upper horizontal plate portion, the upper right vertical plate portion, the lower horizontal plate portion and the lower left vertical plate portion are arranged to define a closed cross-section when viewed in side view. The upper horizontal plate portion has a cutout formed to penetrate therethrough in the up and down direction so as to allow the maintenance of the cooling unit through the maintenance hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Uesugi
  • Publication number: 20140252803
    Abstract: Provided is a work vehicle in which a positioning antenna can be installed above a roof plate of a cab at an accurate position and in a proper attitude while preventing a positioning accuracy from being decreased by vibrations. The work vehicle includes a first mount member, a second mount member and a positioning antenna. The first mount member includes a left-side member fixed on the roof beam at the left side and a right-side member fixed on the roof beam at the right side. The second mount member is disposed above the roof plate across the left-side member and the right-side member. The positioning antenna is mounted on the second mount member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventors: Jun Matsumoto, Masamichi Miyazaki, Masaru Satou, Kouji Nagami, Takeshi Ikeda, Hitoshi Katayanagi, Osamu Kuroyanagi, Takahiro Shimojo
  • Publication number: 20140232139
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention discloses an agricultural work vehicle comprising a cabin and at least a cladding element (105) for delimiting an internal space of the cabin, in which the cladding element (105) comprises an opening (135) able to place the internal space of the cabin in communication with a compartment (140) in which at least a seat (205) is housed, the seat (205) being mobile with respect to the cladding element (105) between a rest position, in which it is completely contained in the compartment (140), and a use position, in which it is horizontally orientated and projects at least partially into the internal space of the cabin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: ARGO TRACTORS S.P.A.
    Inventors: Giovanni ESPOSITO, Andrea MAGNANINI, Massimiliano DEL BUE
  • Publication number: 20140175833
    Abstract: A rear wheel is attached to a side of a rear vehicle body. A platform is attached to the side of the rear vehicle body so as to be located above the rear wheel. The platform is provided with an opening formed by a through hole, and the opening is located within a range obtained by projecting the rear wheel upwardly and located on the rear vehicle body side with respect to a center (center line A-A) of a width A1 of the rear wheel when the rear wheel is viewed from above. A plate member extending only in a front-rear direction of the vehicle body in the opening is provided. As a result, there can be obtained a wheel loader having good workability in inspection and maintenance of an engine room front and having good driver's rearward visibility during the operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Masuda, Shirou Kanamori
  • Publication number: 20140103629
    Abstract: A grass mowing machine operator platform includes a one-piece plastic composite molded structure with a top surface and an outer wall, and a plurality of slots in the top surface and outer wall. A pair of steering levers may be pivotably mounted to steering pivot bolts in the slots in the top surface, and a brake lever pivotably mounted in a slot in the outer wall. The slots where the steering levers and brake lever are mounted have integral bearing surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Paul Elhardt, Kyle T. Ressler, Thomas R. Genz
  • Patent number: 8657251
    Abstract: A cab frame (14) is supported on brackets (12, 13) provided at a plurality of positions of a vehicle body frame (11) with dampers (15). Movement limiting mechanisms (30) for limiting a movement at least in a vertical direction of the cab frame (14) are provided between the brackets (12, 13) and the cab frame (14). Further, the movement limiting mechanisms (30) are provided at least at two positions. Each movement limiting mechanism (30) includes a lower limiting portion (31) arranged close to the brackets (12, 13) and constituted by a plate member, and an upper limiting portion (32) arranged close to the cab frame (14) and constituted by a plate member in the same manner. The lower limiting portion (31) is integrally structured with the brackets (12, 13). Recesses (33, 34) are formed in a side edge of at least one of the lower limiting portion (31) and the upper limiting portion (32), and the limiting portion in the other limiting portion is positioned within the recesses (33, 34).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventor: Takeshi Kamimae
  • Patent number: 8646826
    Abstract: A driver interface module (14) is fitted inside a utility vehicle cab. The module is located alongside a driver's seat (12), attached thereto, and comprises a console (24) having plurality of driver interface devices disposed thereon. A display attachment bar (26) is mounted to the console, wherein at least one display device (28) is clamped to the display attachment bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Valtra Oy AB
    Inventors: Kimmo Wihinen, Matti Makkonen
  • Patent number: 8632122
    Abstract: A floor member is formed by a seat support platform on a rear side and a footrest area located on a front side of the seat support platform, and a cab box is formed by a front panel, a rear panel, a left front side panel, a left rear side panel, a right side panel, and a top panel. A right reinforcing panel is provided at a right side position of the floor member and rises upwardly of the footrest area. The right side panel of the cab box corresponding to this right reinforcing panel is provided with a notched portion for avoiding interference with the right reinforcing panel. Accordingly, since the strength at the right side position of the floor member can be enhanced by the right reinforcing panel, it is possible to prevent deformation such as torsion and distortion when the floor member is tilted up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shougo Kimura, Hajime Ishii, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Hiroshi Tabeta
  • Patent number: 8616620
    Abstract: A yard tractor incorporating a fluid cylinder pressurized by fluid from a control valve actuated by a switch accessible from the driver's seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: SSA Terminals (Long Beach), LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Clark, Robert P. Kelly
  • Patent number: 8573681
    Abstract: A hydraulic excavator includes a lower travel body, an upper swivel buds, a harness and a bracket. The harness is drawn out from an interior of a cab, disposed between the cab and a center frame, and connected to electrical components. The bracket is secured to the cab and supports the harness along a side surface of the cab. The harness is supported about a periphery of the bracket, and has a first, portion downwardly drawn out from a bottom surface of the cab, a second portion extending more outward than the side surface of the cab and forward from the first portion along the bottom surface of the cab, a third portion extending upward from the second portion along the side surface of the cab, and a fourth portion extending toward a rear part of the hydraulic excavator from the third portion along the side surface of the cab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Yamato, Takehiko Shibuya, Tetsuji Nihei
  • Publication number: 20130278014
    Abstract: A driver seat is disposed at a position offset by a predetermined distance to the left from a vehicle width center line and an ingress-egress opening through which a driver gets on and off the vehicle is provided on a lateral side of the driver seat. A door is attached to a left upper frame via a door hinge and the ingress-egress opening is opened and closed by using the door. A parking brake lever is disposed near the left upper frame and the door hinge is provided on the same left upper frame. Since the door hinge and the parking brake lever are disposed close to each other, there is no possibility of the parking brake lever hindering ingress and egress.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventor: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 8532881
    Abstract: A connecting device arranged in a motor vehicle releasably connects a structural member of the vehicle to the vehicle chassis and includes a bolt joint system. The connecting device further includes a pyrotechnical charge and an igniter. The igniter detonates the pyrotechnical charge upon receipt of an ignition signal. The pyrotechnical charge is located near the bolt joint system such that, upon detonation, it destroys the connecting function of the bolt joint system and thereby releases the structural member from the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Martin Östling, Mikael Fermer, Henrik Ljungqvist, Henrik Ebbinger, Henrik Olsson
  • Publication number: 20130168116
    Abstract: A cab includes a floor panel, an operator's seat, a handle post, an operating lever and a pedal. The operating lever includes a rod, a lower link member, an upper link member and a handle. The rod has a rod lower end portion, a rod upper end portion and a bent portion connected to the rod lower end portion and the rod upper end portion. The bent portion is formed in a forwardly convex shape. The pedal has a placement surface on which a foot of an operator is placed. A straight line passing along the placement surface in a side view intersecting with the bending point, when the pedal is located in any position within a pivot range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuko Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8444213
    Abstract: The crop sprayer includes a cab mounting assembly that includes a pair of support plates attached to the main frame of the crop sprayer. The support plates are cantilevered outwardly from the main frame with each support plate including a pair of cab support structures. The frame includes four frame attachment structures. The cab support structures and frame attachment structures have vibration-isolation members positioned therebetween. The cab support structures and frame attachment structures are angled so that the axes of the vibration-isolation members intersect at a vertical and center position within the cab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: ET Works, LLC
    Inventors: Chad A Ringer, Justin Honegger, Ryan Larsh, Jarrett Waters
  • Patent number: 8414065
    Abstract: A materials handling vehicle is provided comprising: a frame; a set of wheels supported on the frame to allow the materials handling vehicle to move across a floor surface; a rider compartment located within the frame for receiving an operator; and an operator support assembly. The operator support assembly comprises a suspended floorboard upon which the operator may stand when located within the rider compartment and an energy absorbing structure coupled to the frame and the suspended floorboard for absorbing and dissipating at least a portion of energy resulting from disturbances encountered by the vehicle as it moves across the floor surface prior to the energy portion reaching the operator standing on the suspended floorboard, the energy absorbing structure including a damping element comprising a valve for effecting a damping function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Crown Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: William C. Jones, Jr., Brian M. Lambert, Gary J. May
  • Publication number: 20130049404
    Abstract: The device-supporting member comprises: an upper horizontal plate portion having an upper surface for placing a cooling unit thereon; a lower horizontal plate portion disposed below the upper horizontal plate portion and having a maintenance hole formed to penetrate therethrough in an up and down direction so as to allow maintenance of the cooling unit; and an upper right vertical plate portion and a lower left vertical plate portion each provided between the upper horizontal plate portion and the lower horizontal plate portion. The upper horizontal plate portion, the upper right vertical plate portion, the lower horizontal plate portion and the lower left vertical plate portion are arranged to define a closed cross-section when viewed in side view. The upper horizontal plate portion has a cutout formed to penetrate therethrough in the up and down direction so as to allow the maintenance of the cooling unit through the maintenance hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro UESUGI
  • Publication number: 20130001983
    Abstract: A machine including a chassis, in which an engine is supported on the chassis. The engine includes serviceable components which require servicing. A cab is mounted on the chassis, such that the cab is disposed over the engine. The cab includes a roof and a floor, interconnected through the side-walls to define an enclosure. The floor is disposed above the engine. Further, the cab includes a floor opening defined in the floor. An access panel is removably coupled to the floor opening. The floor opening provides an access to the serviceable components by removing the access panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Michael David Case, Kenneth Michael Weiler, Jason Lee Shelby, Jeffrey Alan Zurinski
  • Patent number: 8342280
    Abstract: An agricultural vehicle having a hydraulic system, a cab for the vehicle operator includes a self-levelling cab suspension system having a plurality of suspension units each having a spring, a damper and an accumulator. The accumulator comprises a hydraulic working chamber which is separated by a movable wall from a gas filled chamber serving as a spring. The working chamber is also connected to a working chamber of the damper in a closed hydraulic circuit. In the invention, there is no need for a dedicated oil pump since a hydraulic actuator powered by the vehicle hydraulic system is provided for causing hydraulic fluid to flow in the closed hydraulic circuit between the working chamber of the accumulator and the damper, to vary the height of the cab without fluid from the vehicle hydraulic system entering or leaving the closed hydraulic circuit of the damper and accumulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Inventors: Patrizio Turco, Michele Ieluzzi
  • Publication number: 20120274101
    Abstract: A fender for a mobile machine having a traction device is disclosed. The fender may have a frame connectable to the mobile machine at an outer periphery of the traction device, and at least one slat joined to the frame and having a width extending a distance in a radial direction of the traction device. The at least one slat may be configured to block debris thrown by the traction device. An open space is formed by the frame and the at least one slat. The enclosed space provides a view of the outer periphery of the traction device from an operator's perspective onboard the mobile machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventors: Rafal T. MYSLAK, Robert J. Madera
  • Publication number: 20120267915
    Abstract: The crop sprayer includes a cab mounting assembly that includes a pair of support plates attached to the main frame of the crop sprayer. The support plates are cantilevered outwardly from the main frame with each support plate including a pair of cab support structures. The frame includes four frame attachment structures. The cab support structures and frame attachment structures have vibration-isolation members positioned therebetween. The cab support structures and frame attachment structures are angled so that the axes of the vibration-isolation members intersect at a vertical and center position within the cab.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2011
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Chad A. Ringer, Justin Honegger, Ryan Larsh, Jarrett Waters
  • Patent number: 8287033
    Abstract: In a construction machine such as a hydraulic excavator in which a boom of a working attachment is arranged to one of the left and right sides of a cab into which an operator gets on, a load transmission member for transmitting a lateral load imposed on the cab at the time of rollover of a machine main body to the boom serving as a load receiving member is attached to a side surface of the boom in a state that the load transmission member is elastically deformable taking a boom attachment point as a supporting point, further, a projection piece is provided for this load transmission member, and a clearance is formed between this projection piece and a left end surface of a top plate of the boom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Yamamoto, Yoshiaki Murakami, Masakazu Ozaki
  • Patent number: 8261869
    Abstract: An agricultural vehicle having a hydraulic system, a cab for the vehicle operator includes a self-levelling cab suspension system having a plurality of suspension units each having a spring, a damper and an accumulator. The accumulator comprises a hydraulic working chamber which is separated by a movable wall from a gas filled chamber serving as a spring. The working chamber is also connected to a working chamber of the damper in a closed hydraulic circuit. In the invention, there is no need for a dedicated oil pump since a hydraulic actuator powered by the vehicle hydraulic system is provided for causing hydraulic fluid to flow in the closed hydraulic circuit between the working chamber of the accumulator and the damper, to vary the height of the cab without fluid from the vehicle hydraulic system entering or leaving the closed hydraulic circuit of the damper and accumulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: CNH America LLC
    Inventors: Patrizio Turco, Michele Ieluzzi
  • Publication number: 20120224941
    Abstract: A mining shuttle car that trams on underground roadways includes a conveyor system and an operator's compartment adjacent to the conveyor system. The operator's compartment includes a rotatable seat and a control station. The operator's seat module is coupled to one or more joysticks that control the car, and the operator's seat module and the control station are mounted on a rotatable platform so as to be rotatable as a unit between a plurality of secured positions for operating the mining shuttle car. Forward movement of the joystick control relative to the seat steers the shuttle car about a point in front of the seat, and rearward movement of the joystick control relative to the seat steers the shuttle car about a point behind the seat. Forward and rearward movement of one of the joysticks steers the mining shuttle car in the same manner regardless of the rotational position of the rotational position of the seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Inventors: Adam S. Peterson, Douglas F. Anderson, Terry M. Thomas, Darin M. Sutton, Randy Arnold
  • Patent number: RE44700
    Abstract: A materials handling vehicle is provided. The vehicle comprises a main body, a seat deck assembly including an operator seat, and structure for movably mounting the seat deck assembly to the main body. The seat deck assembly moves relative to the main body along a varying radius path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Crown Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Ryan R. Berger, Michael P. Gallagher, John P. Jones, Thornton K. Lothrop, Donald E. Luebrecht, Rainer B. Teufel, Juergen Buchmann, Edgar Wahnemuehl