Dump truck

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10155543-B2
Application number	US-201415121920-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 27, 2014
Priority date	Feb 27, 2014
Publication date	Dec 18, 2018
Grant date	Dec 18, 2018

Abstract

A dump truck includes: a vehicle body frame; tires provided to the vehicle body frame and configured to travel the dump truck; and a body supported by the vehicle body frame and configured to be raised and lowered, in which the vehicle body frame includes: a first vertical frame vertically standing in a side view at positions of the tires provided to a first side of the vehicle body frame in a travel direction; and a second vertical frame vertically standing in a side view at positions of the tires provided to a second side of the vehicle body frame in the travel direction, and a mount portion on which the body is mounted is provided on an upper portion of each of the first vertical frame and the second vertical frame.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A dump truck comprising:
a vehicle body frame;
tires provided to a first side and a second side of the vehicle body frame in a travel direction and configured to travel the dump truck; and
a body supported by the vehicle body frame and configured to be raised and lowered, wherein
the vehicle body frame comprises: a first vertical frame that vertically stands in a side view at positions of the tires provided to the first side of the vehicle body frame in the travel direction; and a second vertical frame that vertically stands in a side view at positions of the tires provided to the second side of the vehicle body frame in the travel direction,
a mount portion on which the body is mounted is provided on an upper portion of each of the first vertical frame and the second vertical frame, and
the mount portion is positioned on an axial line of a suspension cylinder configured to transmit a load to the tires.

2. A dump truck comprising:
a vehicle body frame;
tires provided to a first side and a second side of the vehicle body frame in a travel direction and configured to travel the dump truck; and
a body supported by the vehicle body frame and configured to be raised and lowered, wherein
the vehicle body frame comprises:
a first vertical frame that vertically stands in a side view at positions of the tires provided to the first side of the vehicle body frame in the travel direction;
a second vertical frame that vertically stands in a side view at positions of the tires provided to the second side of the vehicle body frame in the travel direction;
a pair of front and back lower cross members respectively provided at the first and second sides in the travel direction and extending in a vehicle width direction;
a pair of right and left lower side members that are disposed in parallel to each other in the travel direction and connect ends of the front lower cross member provided at the first side of the vehicle body frame to ends of the back lower cross member provided at the second side of the vehicle body frame in the travel direction; and
a pair of right and left upper side members that are positioned above the lower side members and connect a vertical middle of the first vertical frame to a vertical middle of the second vertical frame,

a mount portion on which the body is mounted is provided on an upper portion of each of the first vertical frame and the second vertical frame, and
each of the first vertical frame and the second vertical frame comprises:
a pair of right and left vertical members respectively standing on both sides of each of the pair of front and back lower cross members in the vehicle width direction; and
an upper cross member extending in the vehicle width direction in a manner to connect upper ends of the pair of right and left vertical members.

3. The dump truck according to claim 1 , wherein
an entire shape of each of the vehicle body frame and the body is substantially plane-symmetrical to a first vertical plane comprising a first center line passing through a middle between the tires provided to the first side of the vehicle body frame in the travel direction and the tires provided to the second side thereof, the first center line extending in a vehicle width direction, while being substantially plane-symmetrical to a second vertical plane comprising a second center line being orthogonal to the first center line and extending in the travel direction through the middle in the vehicle width direction, and
the body is mounted at a center of the vehicle body frame.

4. A dump truck comprising:
a vehicle body frame;
tires provided to a first side and a second side of the vehicle body frame in a travel direction and configured to travel the dump truck; and
a body supported by the vehicle body frame and configured to be raised and lowered, wherein
the vehicle body frame comprises:
a pair of front and back lower cross members respectively provided at positions of the tires provided to the first side and the second side of the vehicle body frame in the travel direction and extending in a vehicle width direction in a side view;
a first vertical frame standing on a first one of the pair of front and back lower cross members;
a second vertical frame standing on a second one of the pair of front and back lower cross members;
a pair of right and left lower side members that are disposed in parallel to each other in the travel direction and connect ends of the front lower cross member provided at the first side of the vehicle body frame to ends of the back lower cross member provided at the second side of the vehicle body frame in the travel direction; and
a pair of right and left upper side members that are positioned above the lower side members and connect a vertical middle of the first vertical frame to a vertical middle of the second vertical frame,

a mount portion on which the body is mounted is provided only on an upper portion of each of the first vertical frame and the second vertical frame,
an entire shape of each of the vehicle body frame and the body is substantially plane-symmetrical to a first vertical plane comprising a first center line passing through a middle between the tires provided to the first side of the vehicle body frame in the travel direction and the tires provided to the second side thereof, the first center line extending in the vehicle width direction, while being substantially plane-symmetrical to a second vertical plane comprising a second center line being orthogonal to the first center line and extending in the travel direction through the middle in the vehicle width direction,
the body is mounted at a center of the vehicle body frame, and
the mount portion is positioned on an axial line of a suspension cylinder configured to transmit a load to the tires.

Assignees

• Komatsu Mfg Co Ltd

Inventors

• Uranaka Kyouji
• Ootsuka Takeo
• Okamoto Kouichi

Classifications

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• B60Y2200/142

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• B62D21/186 Primary

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• B60K5/10

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