With Means To Facilitate Attachment Of Boom To Vehicle Patents (Class 414/686)
  • Patent number: 8246286
    Abstract: A work apparatus to be mounted to a work vehicle includes: a pair of cylindrical masts 35 disposed erect on right and left sides of a vehicle body having a control valve; a boom 91 pivotally supported to the masts; an implement pivotally supported to the boom; a boom cylinder 60 for pivoting the boom; an implement cylinder 61 for operating the implement; a boom piping system communicating the control valve with the boom cylinder; and an implement piping system communicating the control valve with the implement cylinder; wherein a channel constituting member 84 constituting the boom piping system extends vertically within each mast; one end of the channel constituting member 84 extends to the outside at a lower portion of the mast to be connected with the control valve; and the other end of the channel constituting member 84 extends to the outside at an upper portion of the mast 35 to be connected with boom cylinder 60.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Fukudome, Masataka Takagi, Koji Saito, Eiji Miyazaki, Shuichi Takeshita
  • Patent number: 8167529
    Abstract: A tractor includes a mounting plate, a protruding tube, a boom supporter, and a boom. The mounting plate is attachable to a frame on a side surface of a vehicle. The protruding tube is connected to the mounting plate, and shaped to protrude from a portion in which the protruding tube is connected to the mounting plate, toward the outside of the vehicle. The boom supporter is connected to a distal end portion of the protruding tube, and shaped to protrude upward from a portion in which the boom supporter is connected to the distal end portion of the protruding tube. The boom is coupled to the boom supporter via a boom coupler, and formed to extend from the boom coupler toward the front side of the vehicle. In a side view, an imaginary straight line extending vertically downward from the boom coupler is located rearward of the protruding tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Kuraya, Katsumi Fujiki, Tetsuya Iida
  • Patent number: 8162586
    Abstract: A loader parking stand includes a support leg pivoted to a loader arm which is movable between an extended and a retracted position. A retaining latch can releasably secure or lock the stand in the extended position and the retaining latch can be unlocked or released to unlock the support leg by motion of or engagement with a movable portion of the loader.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Challenge Implements Holdings Pty Limited
    Inventors: Daniel Webb, Tim Smith, Collin O'shaughnessy
  • Patent number: 8152433
    Abstract: A loader vehicle includes a main frame, a lift arm, and a lift cylinder. The lift arm is connected to the main frame. A working implement is attached to the lift arm at the front end thereof. The lift cylinder is connected to the lift arm and the main frame. The lift cylinder includes a piston, a piston rod fixed to the piston, and a cylinder tube. The piston rod is connected to the main frame. The cylinder tube has a bottom portion and a side wall portion. The cylinder tube is connected to the lift arm by a connecting portion. The connecting portion is provided at the side wall portion of the cylinder tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Aichi Corporation
    Inventors: Masami Yamada, Hidehito Kondou, Masami Sakamoto, Koichiro Mori
  • Publication number: 20120027551
    Abstract: A front-loader arrangement (12) for an agricultural vehicle (10) with a bracket (16) and a mast arrangement (18) for fastening a front loader (13) to the bracket (16). The mast arrangement (18) comprises a contact point (53) for application onto a bearing point (36) of the bracket (16) and a displaceable locking element (54) that extends through at least one first opening (52, 52A) formed on the mast arrangement (18) and through at least one second opening (38) brought into alignment with the first opening (52, 52A). The locking element (54) is connected by a connection element (56) to an actuation element (58) arranged offset parallel to the locking element (54). The actuation element (58) can be actuated by an external force and the locking element (54) can be displaced by the connection element (56) and by the actuation of the actuation element (58) from the unlocked position into the locked position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventor: David Rohou
  • Patent number: 8070412
    Abstract: A wheel loader includes a bucket boom including a pair of left and right side members; a front frame to which the base ends of the pair of side members are coupled; and a boom cylinder of which a base end is coupled to the front frame and a distal end is coupled to the side members. A base-end interval between the pair of side members is smaller than a distal-end interval between the side members. A face section that inclines towards a middle as extending in an upwards direction is provided on the left and right extremities of the front frame. A mounting boss to which the base end of the boom cylinder is attached is provided on a lower side of the face section while a mounting boss to which the base ends of the side members are attached is provided on an upper side of the face section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignees: Komatsu Ltd., Komatsu Utility Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Shioji, Akira Matsue
  • Patent number: 8047759
    Abstract: A manual forklift for lifting, maneuvering, and arranging palleted freight, comprising an extensible wheeled base, a steering handle, a mast, and a boom with a descending standard secured to a support frame carriage and forward extending tines. Hydraulic jack cylinders joining the mast to the boom and the boom to the descending standard in concert with hinge joints connecting the mast to the boom and the boom to the descending standard allow the tines to be manipulated forwardly or backwardly, raised or lowered, and tilted upwardly or downwardly relative to the mast and base, enabling the user to transfer palleted freight engaged by the tines between surfaces with differing heights and angles and across longitudinal spaces. Castered wheels affixed to the base further enable freight to be moved multi-directionally, including laterally leftward or rightward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Wazee Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Jim L. Ladd
  • Patent number: 8047760
    Abstract: A conduit connector assembly for attachments on a loader includes a mounting plate with at least one coupler section mounted on the plate and secured rigidly to a forward end of one of the lift arms of a loader. The coupler section or sections are connected with conduits to power or electrical signal sources on the loader. The coupler section or sections on the lift arm are connectable to mating coupler sections attached to conduits from an attachment that requires power and/or control signals for operation. The coupler sections are supported to one side of the lines of vision that an operator in an operator's cab of the loader needs for watching the attachment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Clark Equipment Company
    Inventors: Thomas Roan, Travis Mackey, Lance Kistner, Rodney Koch
  • Publication number: 20110262256
    Abstract: A front-mounted loader includes a pair of loader arms each having a rear end pivotally coupled to a loader mast which, in turn, includes lower and upper cross pins respectively located in an upwardly opening and forwardly opening pin receptacles. The forwardly opening receptacle of each loader mounting frame forms a fixed part of a latch assembly defining an upper region of the mounting frame and including latch member mounted for pivoting about a horizontal axis and having a forward nose provided with a downwardly opening receptacle which engages the upper cross pin when the mast is latched to the mounting frame. An over center biasing spring is connected to each latch member and resists movement either from a latching position or an unlatching position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Stephen Griffiths, Radu T. Guja
  • Publication number: 20110202232
    Abstract: A hydraulic hitch system for a vehicle includes a hydraulic source, a hydraulic reservoir, a hydraulic cylinder, an operator-controlled actuating means for generating a command signal, a hydraulic control valve for controlling the hydraulic cylinder, and an electronic control unit for controlling the control valve. To make it easier for the operator to set the hydraulic functions when working with different attachments, a pressure sensor generates a pressure signal and is connected to the hydraulic cylinder, and a control device is used to select a pressure control program for the hydraulic cylinder. The control valve is activated by a control signal which is generated by the control unit as a function of the selected pressure control program, the pressure signal and a command signal generated by the control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventors: Jochen Busch, Markus Schober
  • Publication number: 20110168417
    Abstract: Disclosed is multi-use attachment device that is easily attached to and removed from an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) or a utility-terrain vehicle (UTV). The device comprises a lift frame including an inner lift frame, an outer lift frame, a first pivotal axis and a second pivotal axis, and is configured to pivot about the first pivotal axis with a first electrical device, and has a second electrical device mounted on the lift frame to pivot the outer lift frame with respect to the inner lift frame. One end of the multi-use attachment is attached to the ATV/UTV, and the other end is attached to an implement such as a loader bucket, a pallet fork, or a plow blade. Some embodiments of the multi-use attachment use tension devices both for pivoting the lift frame about the first pivotal axis and for pivoting the outer lift frame with respect to the inner lift frame about the second pivotal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventor: Brian A. Benesch
  • Patent number: 7950894
    Abstract: An implement for a machine is provided. The implement has a frame, an operator interface, and a ratchet. The operator interface is pivotally attached to the frame about an axis. The ratchet is mounted about the axis and coupled to the frame and the operator interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Caterpillar SARL
    Inventors: Michael C. Rossi, Kevin E. Pielmeier
  • Patent number: 7934574
    Abstract: A rotation table frame for a working vehicle including, a portion rearward of both sides of the rotation table frame being substantially within a width of a traveling device and circular in a plan view, a front portion of the rotation table frame is rectilinearly cut in a left-right direction in the plan view, and the rotation table frame has a stepped portion formed at a right side relative to the advancement direction and recessed rearward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideki Seino
  • Patent number: 7926206
    Abstract: An apparatus generally comprising a prime mover; a push frame mounted on the prime mover for pivotal movement about a body transverse axis; a cylinder assembly operatively interconnecting the prime mover and the push frame for pivoting the push frame about such axis; and a boom pivotally mounted on the prime mover for movement about a transverse axis, and extending forwardly, including a base section having a portion supportable on a surface of the prime mover when the boom is in an inoperative position and an extendable section supportable on the coupler when in an extended, operable condition, having a device for detachably connecting the implement to the extendable section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventor: Rueben Ruggiero
  • Patent number: 7914249
    Abstract: A shoveling apparatus including a low profile vehicle, a boom assembly, and a shovel assembly for use in underground mining operations, and particularly useful in clearing coal and rock debris from a belt line corridor. The low profile vehicle includes an advanceable support that supports the boom assembly and laterally advances the boom assembly from the cab portion of the vehicle. The boom assembly includes a support structure, a rotary actuator and a linear actuator, to control lateral and vertical rotation of the support structure (and thus the shovel assembly) with respect to a ground surface. The shovel assembly includes a rotary actuator and a shovel, and in some embodiments a tilting mechanism, to control the lateral and in some cases vertical, rotation of the shovel with respect to the boom assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Massey European Sales, Inc.
    Inventors: James R Maynard, Jimmy L Brock
  • Patent number: 7878752
    Abstract: A bearing for use between components of a construction machine, particularly on a boom on excavators, loaders, cranes, and related equipment having a first component articulated to a second component by the bearing and in which a third component acts on the bearing. The bearing assembly having a pin extending in the direction of a swiveling axis of the bearing, borne in a bearing tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: CNH Baumaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Schmeling, Bernhard Willaredt, Holger Oertel, Birgit Ditz
  • Patent number: 7866934
    Abstract: A loading device can be mounted quickly and easily to a roll-off vehicle by mounting a yoke assembly to the frame of the roll-off vehicle. The yoke assembly includes a pair of attaching potions which extend from the vehicle, and each of the attaching portions is provided with an opening. A pair of hydraulically actuated hooks are pivotally mounted on the loading device. The loading device is pulled onto the roll-off vehicle so that the hooks are adjacent the attaching portions of the yoke assembly. The hooks are then pivoted to extend through the openings in the attaching portions so that the hooks are secured to the attaching portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Petersen Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: David H. Osburn, Lee F. Rathbun
  • Patent number: 7828505
    Abstract: A lift arm having a plate-like structure that is capable of taking a large load is realized without increasing a plate thickness and at low cost. The structure with required strength and of low cost is realized by a simple construction and achieves, at the same time, both weight lightening of a loader and sufficient load bearing performance. In a loader (2) of a working machine (1), connection sections between a cross member (176) and lift arms (171) are each formed in a shape broadening from the cross member (176) toward a lift arm (171). Further, reinforcement plates are attached to outer surfaces of a front loader (2) so as to overlap the connection sections between the cross member (176) and the lift arms (171). Contact members (171b, 171b) are attached to lower side faces at the heads of the lift arms (171) to restrict the amount of rotation of a working device installed on the heads of the lift arms (171).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiji Sakada, Makiko Tajima, Kouichi Takata, Yousuke Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20100239405
    Abstract: A boom extension apparatus is provided for a prime mover such as a skid-steer loader or vehicle wherein the rearward end of the boom extension apparatus is quickly and easily attachable to the forward ends of the boom arms of the skid-steer loader. The forward end of the boom extension apparatus is quickly and easily attachable to the rearward end of an implement such as a bucket, bale spear, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventor: Vincent E. Tesinsky
  • Patent number: 7779562
    Abstract: A universal mount bracket that provides two pairs of adapter plates, one pair for each side of the front end loader. Each adapter plate can be adjusted laterally to match the width of virtually any size loader arm produced, and then be adjusted to the overall width of the loader (distance between the left and right loader arms). Once each pair of adapter plates have been matched to the loader arms (left and right), the equipment implement must then be centered and secured in place to prevent any lateral displacement of the unit while the implement is in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Inventors: Allen L. Loveless, Jason N. Abrams
  • Patent number: 7775556
    Abstract: Production of a working vehicle frame consumes high costs because it requires high rigidity. A simple construction improves the rigidity of the frame and reduces costs required for the production. In a structure of a frame (9) for a working vehicle (1), side sections of the frame (9) are constructed in a boat form, and, in a front view, the width of a lower section of the frame (9) is set smaller than that of the central section in the vertical direction of the frame (9). Further, a mast plate (63) for supporting a front loader (2) and a front axle installation plate section (75) are integrated, and side frames (62) constructing the side section of the frame (9) and the mast plate (63) are jointed in a lateral T shape in a side view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunihiko Sakamoto, Kouichi Takata, Nagahiro Ogata, Yousuke Yamashita, Makiko Tajima
  • Patent number: 7766597
    Abstract: The invention provides a loader work machine with improved front visibility and improved aesthetic appearance. The loader work machine includes a self-propelled machine body, a work device having a boom, a boom cylinder, and a side frame for vertically pivotally supporting base portions of the boom and the boom cylinder, and a frame unit for attaching the work device to the self-propelled machine body. The frame unit has a support platform projecting laterally outward from the self-propelled machine body and a main frame mounted erect on the support platform for supporting and connecting a lower portion of the side frame. An accumulator is connected to the boom cylinder for absorbing shock occurring during a vertical pivotal movement of the work device and this accumulator is attached to the frame unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Tomiho Tanaka, Arinobu Ishida, Kosuke Oyama, Ryoichi Nishi, Shusaku Yamaguchi, Naoya Tsuda, Masataka Takagi
  • Patent number: 7757805
    Abstract: In a working vehicle in which a backhoe support frame for reinforcing is provided in a rear end portion of a vehicle body frame, and a transmission case is mounted on a rear portion of the vehicle body frame so as to be close to the backhoe support frame, each of support brackets provided in an outer side surface of a rear portion of each of main frames constructing the vehicle body frame so as to protrude outward is connected to a protruding end portion protruding to rightwardly and leftwardly relative to each of lower brace members in a reinforcing plate supporting a lower surface of the transmission case in a state in which a rear axle case protruding outward from the right and left side surfaces of the transmission case is sandwiched from upper and lower sides, in order to dissolve a risk that a load generated at a time of traveling in a backhoe installed state or at a time of an excavating work by the backhoe is propagated to the transmission case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kensaku Wakuta, Kazuhiko Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 7753640
    Abstract: A bifurcated connection portion is formed on one of an upper rotating body and a boom foot, a flat plate connection portion inserted into the bifurcated connection portion is formed on the other, and pin holes are provided in both the connection portions. A boom foot pin attachment and detachment apparatus is to insert a boom foot pin into both the pin holes aligned, and provided with a cylinder bracket attached to an inner piece of the bifurcated connection portion enabling the boom foot pin to move between an insertion position inside the pin holes and a pull out position outside the pin holes, a slide plate slidably provided on the cylinder bracket, a hydraulic cylinder attached to the plate with a piston rod thereof connected to the boom foot pin, and a regulation plate for selectively regulating sliding of the slide plate or movement of the boom foot pin at a predetermined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Kobelco Cranes Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 7748485
    Abstract: An upper frame for construction equipment mounted to swing on a lower driving structure is provided, in which fixing pins for supporting a boom and a boom cylinder are coupled to left and right side plates that are welded on a base plate to face each other, and a plate-shaped joint connection plate is welded on the left and right side plates and the base plate, so as to support the left and right side plates by exhibiting the rigidity and flexibility against load being transferred to the fixing pins through a working device during working.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Volvo Construction Equipment Holding Sweden AB
    Inventors: Jin Woo Lee, Jai Wook Shin, Kyoung Cheol Hong
  • Patent number: 7740190
    Abstract: A boom breakaway assembly for a spray boom used by a vehicle. The boom breakaway assembly includes a reciprocating system having a first position and a second position, a retention system, and a bias system. In the first position, the bias system applies a maximum effective bias rate to the reciprocating system and the retention system applies a holding force upon the spray boom to maintain the spray boom in a desired outward position. In the second position, the bias system applies a minimal effective bias rate to the reciprocating system and the retention system reduces or disengages the holding force upon the spray boom, thereby allowing the spray boom to move from the outward position to a breakaway position when the spray boom encounters an obstacle. The bias system returns the reciprocating system to the first position once the spray boom clears the obstacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: John Peterson, Steve Seubert, Dave Friesner
  • Patent number: 7736117
    Abstract: A linkage assembly that includes a pivot pin cartridge disposed to connect pivotably a lift arm and a lever of the linkage assembly along an axis including the cartridge. The pivot pin cartridge includes a pin, at least one bushing pivotably disposed about at least a portion of the pin, and a pair of sleeve bearing inserts free-floatingly positioned about the pin and within at least a portion of the bushing. The rear tilt lever is coupled to the bushing for rotation about the pin, while at least one of a pair of side plates of the lift arm is coupled to the pivot pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne Harshberger, Darren M. Schambach, Jason J. Hagedorn, Paul D. Hagen
  • Patent number: 7712235
    Abstract: A lock device is improved in durability by operating the operation member of a boom lock device in a non-contact state to solve a problem in a conventional work machine because there is a problem that the operation member is worn at the lateral rotating part of a boom bracket. In the lock device 51 for locking a boom 16 of the excavating device to the main body, an engaging member is provided on one of the boom and a boom bracket 15 provided on the main body, and an engaged member is provided on the other of the boom and the boom bracket. The engaging member is constituted by a plate formed on one side thereof with a hook part 52a, and on the other side thereof with a slot 52c. A support pin 55 is inserted into the slot, and a stopped 53 is disposed above the support pin, so that the support pin 55 and the stopper 53 support the engaging member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiji Sakada, Yousuke Yamashita, Kouichi Takata, Hayato Tsuji, Syoubu Aramaki
  • Publication number: 20090304484
    Abstract: Bosses extending in the boom width direction are provided in a front end part of a main boom body rotated upward, and hooks opening downward are provided in a base end part of an extension boom body rotated downward. The above hooks and the bosses are arranged so as to satisfy a condition that at the time of second relative rotation by a two-step pin hole matching method of matching pin holes in order from the upper side and with a different center, the hooks and the bosses are moved away from each other while lower pin holes are matched with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takuya YOSHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 7578648
    Abstract: A work machine includes a frame and a front latch system carried by the frame at a front end of the work machine. The latch system includes a pair of laterally spaced, generally horizontally oriented slots, with each slot defined by an upper edge and a lower edge. The upper edge is longer than the lower edge and extends forward of the lower edge. A loader includes a pair of laterally spaced braces, with each brace having a distal end configured for contacting the ground when the loader is detached from the frame. A cross member coupled between the braces is received within the slots of the front latch system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Henry Friesen, Radu Traian Guja
  • Patent number: 7578651
    Abstract: A method of lifting a boom assembly for a machine along a lift path is provided. The machine has a work implement coupled to the boom assembly. The method includes initially moving the work implement vertically from a lowered position to a first intermediate position forward of the lowered position. The method also includes subsequently moving the work implement vertically from the first intermediate position along a slightly rearwardly inclined direction to a second intermediate position rearward of the first intermediate position. The method also includes subsequently moving the work implement vertically from the second intermediate position along a slightly forwardly inclined direction to a third intermediate position forward of the second intermediate position. The method also includes finally moving the work implement vertically from the third intermediate position along a slightly rearward inclined direction to a final position rearward of the first, second, and third intermediate positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Caterpillar S.A.R.L.
    Inventors: Michael C. Layko, Jeffrey M. Parker
  • Patent number: 7568878
    Abstract: A loader boom arm for a material handling vehicle used in the agricultural or construction industries includes a post attachable to the vehicle, a lower arm pivotally connected to the post, an upper arm pivotally connected to the lower arm, a pivoting mechanism coupled to the post and the lower arm, and a link arm pivotally connected to the post and to the upper arm. The boom arm is raised and lowered in an angular direction of rotation by pivoting the lower arm about the post using the pivoting mechanism. As the lower arm is pivoted, the link arm causes the upper arm to pivot relative to the lower arm such that the upper arm pivots further in the direction of angular rotation than the lower arm, thus changing the angle between the lower arm and upper arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Frey Industries Limited
    Inventor: Oscar Frey
  • Publication number: 20090185887
    Abstract: A hydraulic cylinder having a rod safety device is provided, which can prevent a free falling of an arm and a bucket by fastening members when a welding part is broken to protect a cab and an operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2009
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Inventor: Jin Woo LEE
  • Patent number: 7549832
    Abstract: A device for couplng a loader to a tractor, wherein the hitching frame (1) of the loader is provided with two coupling projections (11, 12) or sockets (21, 22) and a latch (14) biased by a spring (15), the coupling head (2) of the tractor is provided with two complementary coupling members and locking means (25, 25?), and said latch (14) engages said locking means (25, 25?) to lock the load onto the tractor. Said device is characterised in that the coupling head (2) includes pre-locking means (24, 24?) engageable by said latch (14) in a pre-locking position in which said projections (11, 12) and sockets (21, 22) are not fully coupled, and the spring (15) continually urges said latch (14) into the locking or pre-locking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Mailleux
    Inventor: Loic Mailleux
  • Patent number: 7530779
    Abstract: A cam lock device for replacing the conventional pins connecting a loader mechanism to a prime mover, the device in conjunction with a modified loader mounting bracket, provides an adjustable, easily installable and removable apparatus that allows secure and convenient attachment/detachment of a loader mechanism to a prime mover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: CNH America LLC
    Inventors: Madonna Holloway, legal representative, Richard H. Justice, Gale A. Holloway
  • Publication number: 20090110530
    Abstract: A linkage assembly that includes a pivot pin cartridge disposed to connect pivotably a lift arm and a lever of the linkage assembly along an axis including the cartridge. The pivot pin cartridge includes a pin, at least one bustling pivotably disposed about at least a portion of the pin, and a pair of sleeve bearing inserts free-floatingly positioned about the pin and within at least a portion of the bushing. The rear tilt lever is coupled to the bushing for rotation about the pin, while at least one of a pair of side plates of the lift arm is coupled to the pivot pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.
    Inventors: Wayne Harshberger, Darren M Schambach, Jason J Hagedorn, Paul D. Hagen
  • Patent number: 7523920
    Abstract: A length-adjustable chain mount and storage box apparatus is mounted to a vertically-movable support structure of a vehicle and arranged so that only a selected outer end length portion of a lift chain need to be pulled from the confines of a storage box whereupon the lift chain is supportingly secured at the selected extended length for connection of its free end to a load to be lifted by operation of the vertically movable structure of the vehicle. When the lifting operation is completed and the lift chain disconnected from the load, the extended portion of the lift chain is simply trained back into the storage box where it is stored without any interference to the normal operation of the vehicle and ready for immediate use when another lifting operation is required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: R.M. Wade & Co.
    Inventor: Bryan T. Semke
  • Publication number: 20090087291
    Abstract: A work machine includes a frame and a front latch system carried by the frame at a front end of the work machine. The latch system includes a pair of laterally spaced, generally horizontally oriented slots, with each slot defined by an upper edge and a lower edge. The upper edge is longer than the lower edge and extends forward of the lower edge. A loader includes a pair of laterally spaced braces, with each brace having a distal end configured for contacting the ground when the loader is detached from the frame. A cross member coupled between the braces is received within the slots of the front latch system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Inventors: Henry Friesen, Radu Traian Guja
  • Patent number: 7510364
    Abstract: A simple and compact loader having a sufficient strength with brackets fixed on a working vehicle. Lift arms are pivoted at one ends thereof to respective brackets so as to be vertically swung by respective lift arm cylinders. Attachments are vertically swingably supported on respective tip portions of the lift arms. Bucket links are connected to the respective attachments so as to transmit the telescopic action of bucket cylinders. Each of the bucket links is offset laterally from each of the lift arms. The middle portion of each of the lift arms is disposed above a straight line connecting both ends of the lift arm to each other, so as to ensure a space for arranging a steerable wheel under the lift arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignees: Yanmar Co., Ltd., Yanmar Construction Equipment Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seiji Sakada
  • Patent number: 7507064
    Abstract: A lift arm device for an industrial vehicle includes a lift arm, a connecting rod and first and second cylinders. The lift arm has a front end to which a working implement is connected. The connecting rod is pivotally connected at one end to the lift arm and pivotally joined at the other end to the vehicle. Each of the first and second cylinders is pivotally connected at one end to the lift arm and pivotally joined at the other end to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventor: Osamu Shibuya
  • Patent number: 7431553
    Abstract: A loader work machine including a vehicle body, and a working implement having booms and boom cylinders and mounting frame units for attaching the working implement to a front portion of the vehicle body. Each of the mounting frame units includes a mounting plate fixed to the vehicle body, a support base projecting laterally outward from the mounting plate, a main frame erected on the support base, and a side frame for pivotally supporting proximal ends of one of the booms and one of the boom cylinders. The side frame includes right and left side plates and a connecting element for interconnecting the right and left side plates. The side frame is detachably attached to the main frame by engaging an engaging member disposed in a lower portion of the side frame with an engageable member of the main frame, and connecting a connecting member formed on the side frame to a connectable member formed on the main frame. The main frame is formed as a one-piece plate insertable between the right and left side plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Ryoichi Nishi, Shusaku Yamaguchi, Arinobu Ishida, Kosuke Oyama
  • Patent number: 7413397
    Abstract: A work vehicle with a front loader is disclosed. The work vehicle includes a traveling control section having an operator's seat, a hood provided forwardly of the traveling control section, a pair of masts provided on right and left sides of the hood, a pair of booms projecting forwardly from upper ends of the masts and an implement detachably connected to the booms. An upper face of the hood is inclined downwardly from its rear upper portion to its front upper portion. The inclined upper face is located adjacent a downward line of sight from an operator's space in the traveling control section to a connecting portion between each boom and the implement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Naoya Muramoto, Arinobu Ishida, Masataka Takagi, Masayuki Nakano, Koichi Kawaguchi
  • Publication number: 20080187426
    Abstract: A skid steer attachment system for efficiently increasing the functionality of a skid steer loader. The skid steer attachment system generally includes an attachment assembly to mechanically attach to a skid steer loader, a support frame mechanically attached to the attachment assembly, wherein the support frame is comprised of a U-shaped structure and at least one wheel rotatably attached to the support frame opposite the attachment assembly and wherein the wheel is positionable upon an opposing side of the skid steer loader as the attachment assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventor: James H. Page
  • Patent number: 7354238
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a pair of, right and left booms detachably attached to a vehicle body, an implement attached to leading ends of the booms and a stand for supporting the booms with the implement being placed on a ground surface when the booms are detached from the vehicle body. The stand includes a pair of, right and left stand members provided in correspondence with the right and left booms and a stand connecting member for interconnecting the stand members. Each stand member is attached to the boom corresponding thereto in such a manner that the stand is movable between a use position in which each stand member projects downwardly from the boom for supporting the boom and a non-use position in which each stand member extends along the boom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Fukudome, Tadashi Nakao, Shuichi Takeshita
  • Patent number: 7354237
    Abstract: A loader boom arm for a material handling vehicle used in the agricultural or construction industries includes a post attachable to the vehicle, a lower arm pivotally connected to the post, an upper arm pivotally connected to the lower arm, a pivoting mechanism coupled to the post and the lower arm, and a link arm pivotally connected to the post and to the upper arm. The boom arm is raised and lowered in an angular direction of rotation by pivoting the lower arm about the post using the pivoting mechanism. As the lower arm is pivoted, the link arm causes the upper arm to pivot relative to the lower arm such that the upper arm pivots further in the direction of angular rotation than the lower arm, thus changing the angle between the lower arm and upper arm. The subject loader boom arm allows an operator to move material in a bucket attached to the boom arm to locations of higher elevation and further reach than typically available with conventional boom arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Frey Industries Limited
    Inventor: Oscar Frey
  • Patent number: 7337563
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a traveling vehicle, a backhoe having a base frame detachably connected to a rear portion of the traveling vehicle and an excavator detachably attached to a rear portion of the base frame. The base frame includes a pair of upper and lower base plates and a partitioning wall disposed at a fore-and-aft intermediate portion of the base plates for connecting the two base plates with each other and partitioning a space delimited between the plates relative to a fore and aft direction. A control box is mounted on the base frame. At least one swing cylinder is mounted to the base frame through the partitioning wall for pivoting the excavator. A control valve unit is attached to the partitioning wall downwardly of the control box for controlling a working fluid for driving the swing cylinder and the excavator. At least one swing hose is extended through the partitioning wall for hydraulically connecting the control valve unit to the swing cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventor: Eiji Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 7331748
    Abstract: An assembly for mounting various work tools, e.g., a backhoe, to a pair of parallel frame members (28) of a vehicle (20). A pair of parallel main beams (26) extend transversely across the frame members (28) and a telescoping stabilizing leg (24) extends downwardly from each end of each of the main beams (26). Four posts (48) extend from the main beams (26) for connecting the main beams (26) at spaced positions along the pair of parallel frame members (28). Each of the posts (48) is L-shaped in cross section with one flange thereof welded to the associated main beam (26) and the other flange attached to the vehicle (20) frame members (28). A pair of bearing blocks (50) are disposed on a first leg cross-beam (42) for pivotally supporting a and a pair of hydraulic cylinder-pistons (52) are attached to a main cross-beam (40) for pivoting the backhoe about the bearing blocks (50).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Morton Buildings
    Inventors: Wayne A. Knepp, Tim Wetterhus, Kevin Potter
  • Patent number: 7326026
    Abstract: A loader assembly is provided having a left boom arm and a right boom arm. The left boom arm includes a left tower, a left loader arm, a left lift cylinder, and a left attachment cylinder. The left tower is constructed for attachment to a bracket on a motor vehicle. The left loader arm includes a first end rotatably attached to the left tower, a second end constructed for attaching to an attachment, and a left lift cylinder/attachment cylinder rotation pin. The left lift cylinder includes a first end rotatably attached to the left tower, and a second end rotatably attached to the left loader arm at the left lift cylinder/attachment cylinder rotation pin. The left attachment cylinder includes a first end rotatably attached to the left loader arm at the left lift cylinder/attachment cylinder rotation pin, and a second end constructed for attaching to an attachment. The right boom arm includes a right tower, a right loader arm, a right lift cylinder, and a right attachment cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Westendorf Manufacturing, Co.
    Inventors: James Curtis Stender, Joseph W. Langenfeld, Neal W. Westendorf
  • Publication number: 20080003090
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a loader support comprising a chassis coupling plate which is bolted to a front axle frame and a chassis of a tractor, a horizontal member which is welded to the chassis coupling plate to protrude outward, and a vertical member a which is welded to an outer end of the horizontal member to receive a boom support positioned on a rear end of a loader, wherein a reinforcement plate is welded to the chassis coupling plate, the vertical member a and the horizontal member in a state where the reinforcement plate is arranged at an inclined angle between the chassis coupling plate and the vertical member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Applicant: Shin Dong Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Myung-Kwan Kim
  • Patent number: 7300241
    Abstract: An attachment construction for attaching a front loader having booms to a front of a tractor vehicle body is disclosed. The construction includes a pair of support tables projecting from the front portion of the tractor body to the right and left outer sides thereof, an engine constituting the vehicle body being disposed forwardly of the support tables, a front axle frame being secured to right and left sides of the engine, a pair of main frames disposed erect on the respective support tables for supporting the booms, and a pair of attaching brackets secured to right/left inner ends of the respective support tables for attaching the support tables to the vehicle body. Each attaching bracket includes a front attaching portion secured to the front axle frame and a rear attaching portion projecting rearwardly of the support table associated therewith and secured to a fore-and-aft intermediate portion of the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Fukudome, Koichi Kawaguchi, Kiyokazu Nakanishi