Hood device for the machine room of a working machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10087602-B2
Application number	US-201415104176-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 16, 2014
Priority date	Dec 17, 2013
Publication date	Oct 2, 2018
Grant date	Oct 2, 2018

Abstract

A first hood member is fixed to an upper side opening edge of machine room and a second hood member is adjacently fixed to the upper side opening edge. The first hood member includes a reinforcing deformation part disposed along one notch-like edge portion positioned above a part adjacent to second hood member and has a protruded-shape cross section upward; and a pressing portion disposed at one notch-like edge portion along the reinforcing deformation part and protruding downward. The second hood member includes a pressed groove portion disposed corresponding to the pressing portion and has a recessed-shape cross section upward.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A hood device comprising:
a first hood member which bulges upward and which is open at a lower side thereof, the first hood member being provided at a part of an upper opening of a machine room so as to be able to be opened and closed and being fixed to an upper opening edge of the machine room in a closed state; and
a second hood member which bulges upward and which is open at a lower side thereof, the second hood member including a part that is located adjacent to the first hood member and that overlaps a part of the first hood member, the second hood member being provided at another part of the upper opening of the machine room so as to be able to be opened and closed and being fixed to the upper opening edge of the machine room in a closed state, wherein
the first hood member comprises:
a first cutout edge portion formed by cutting out a partial side of the first hood member to be an opening and laid on top of the second hood member;
a pressing portion provided along the first cutout edge portion so as to project downward,
a first hingedly support portion that hingedly supports one of two lower edge portions positioned across the first cutout edge portion, at the upper opening edge of the machine room so that the first hood member is able to be opened and closed; and
a first fixing portion that fixes the other of the two lower edge portions positioned across the first cutout edge portion, to the upper opening edge of the machine room, and
the second hood member comprises:
a second cutout edge portion formed by cutting out a partial side surface positioned under the first cutout edge portion to be an opening;
a groove portion to be pressed, formed along the second cutout edge portion and at a position corresponding to the pressing portion of the first hood member, the groove portion to be pressed having an upward-facing recessed cross section;
a second hingedly support portion that hingedly supports the lower edge portion positioned opposite the second cutout edge portion, at the upper opening edge of the machine room so that the second hood member is able to be opened and closed; and
a second fixing portion that fixes the lower edge portion positioned between the second cutout edge portion and the lower edge portion provided with the hingedly second support portion, to the upper opening edge of the machine room.

2. The hood device according to claim 1 , wherein the first hood member comprises a reinforcement deformation portion having a recessed cross section and provided along the first cutout edge portion.

3. The hood device according to claim 2 , wherein the first hood member comprises a tubular reinforcement structure formed by integrating a band-like reinforcement plate along the reinforcement deformation portion.

4. The hood device according to claim 1 , wherein the pressing portion of the first hood member is a resilient seal member.

5. A working machine comprising:
a machine body; and
a working machine mounted on the machine body,
the working machine further comprising:
a machine room provided in the machine body;
an engine installed in the machine room;
a cooling unit installed in the machine room adjacently to an engine; and
a hood device comprising:
a first hood member covering the engine from a top thereof which bulges upward and which is open at a lower side thereof, the first hood member being provided at a part of an upper opening of a machine room so as to be able to be opened and closed and being fixed to an upper opening edge of the machine room in a closed state; and
a second hood member covering the cooling unit from a top thereof which bulges upward and which is open at a lower side thereof, the second hood member including a part that is located adjacent to the first hood member and that overlaps a part of the first hood member, the second hood member being provided at another part of the upper opening of the machine room so as to be able to be opened and closed and being fixed to the upper opening edge of the machine room in a closed state, wherein
the first hood member comprises:
a first cutout edge portion formed by cutting out a partial side of the first hood member to be an opening and laid on top of the second hood member; and
a pressing portion provided along the first cutout edge portion so as to project downward, and
the second hood member comprises:
a second cutout edge portion formed by cutting out a partial side surface positioned under the first cutout edge portion to be an opening; and
a groove portion to be pressed, formed along the second cutout edge portion and at a position corresponding to the pressing portion of the first hood member, the groove portion to be pressed having an upward-facing recessed cross section.

6. The working machine according to claim 5 , wherein the pressing portion of the first hood member is a resilient seal member.

7. The working machine according to claim 5 , wherein the first hood member comprises a reinforcement deformation portion having a recessed cross section and provided along the first cutout edge portion.

8. The working machine according to claim 7 , wherein the first hood member comprises a reinforcement deformation portion having a recessed cross section and provided along the first cutout edge portion.

9. The working machine according to claim 5 , wherein the first hood member comprises :
a first hingedly support portion that hingedly supports one of two lower edge portions positioned across the first cutout edge portion, at the upper opening edge of the machine room so that the first hood member is able to be opened and closed; and
a first fixing portion that fixes the other of the two lower edge portions positioned across the first cutout edge portion, to the upper opening edge of the machine room, and
the second hood member comprises:
a second hingedly support portion that hingedly supports the lower edge portion positioned opposite the second cutout edge portion, at the upper opening edge of the machine room so that the second hood member is able to be opened and closed; and
a second fixing portion that fixes the lower edge portion positioned between the second cutout edge portion and the lower edge portion provided with the hingedly second support portion, to the upper opening edge of the machine room.

Assignees

• Caterpillar Sarl

Inventors

• Matsumura Kazumasa
• Tsuji Masanori
• Yokogawa Keitaro

Classifications

• E02F3/32

  working downwardly and towards the machine, e.g. with backhoes · CPC title

• E02F9/0891 Primary

  Lids or bonnets or doors or details thereof (doors for cabins E02F9/163 takes precedence; for motor vehicles B62D25/10) · CPC title

• E02D17/13

  Foundation slots {or slits}; Implements for making these slots {or slits} · CPC title

• B62D25/12

  Parts or details thereof (locks E05B, {E05B83/16; devices for holding open E05C17/00, e.g. while carrying oversize objects E05C17/042}; hinges E05D; counterbalancing means E05F; {checks, stops, buffers E05F5/00; } springs, {e.g. pneumatic springs} F16F) · CPC title

• B62D25/10

  Bonnets or lids {, e.g. for trucks, tractors, busses, work vehicles (for truck beds B60J7/1607; for boats B63B19/12; doors arranged at the vehicle rear B60J5/10; inlet covers for vehicle fuel tanks B60K15/05; for protecting non-occupants of a vehicle B60R21/38)} · CPC title