Construction machine including engine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10156059-B2
Application number	US-201615168600-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 31, 2016
Priority date	Jun 8, 2015
Publication date	Dec 18, 2018
Grant date	Dec 18, 2018

Abstract

Provided is a construction machine capable of smooth exhaust and suppression of a leak of noise from an engine room, including an engine guard defining an engine room, a cooling fan disposed in the engine room, a projection element projecting upward beyond the engine guard, and an exhaust duct. The exhaust duct has a bent shape including a first duct section extending along an axial flow direction of the cooling fan from an upstream end portion surrounding a duct inlet to a connection portion and a second duct section extending upward from the connection portion and surrounding a duct outlet opened upward, also including an engine concealment section obstructing a direct view to an engine through the duct outlet from outside the engine room.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A construction machine comprising:
an engine;
an engine guard defining an engine room which is a space where the engine is housed;
a heat exchanger disposed in the engine room;
a cooling fan disposed in the engine room so as to suck air for cooling from outside of the engine room and to make the air pass through the heat exchanger;
a projection element that projects upward beyond the engine guard; and
an exhaust duct forming a passage for leading the air, which has passed through the heat exchanger, to outside of the engine room, the exhaust duct having a bent shape including a first duct section that includes an upstream end portion surrounding a duct inlet opened in the engine room and a connection portion closer to the projection element than the upstream end portion, the first duct section extending along an axial flow direction of the cooling fan from the upstream end portion to the connection portion, and a second duct section extending upward from the connection portion of the first duct section, the second duct section extending substantially orthogonal to the first duct section and surrounding a duct outlet opened upward outside the engine room, the exhaust duct thereby including an engine concealment section that obstructs a direct view to the engine through the duct outlet from outside the engine room,
wherein the duct inlet is located downstream of the cooling fan with respect to the axial flow direction and radially outward of the cooling fan, and an entirety of the duct outlet is located upward of an entirety of the first duct section.

2. The construction machine according to claim 1 , wherein the engine guard includes an engine hood located on an upper side of the engine room to cover the engine room, and the first duct section includes:
a duct top wall configured by a part of the engine hood and defining an upper end of a passage formed in the first duct section; and
a duct bottom wall provided at a position separated downward from the engine hood and defining a lower end of the passage formed in the first duct section.

3. The construction machine according to claim 2 , wherein the duct bottom wall includes the engine concealment section.

4. The construction machine according to claim 1 , wherein the exhaust duct includes an engine room concealment section that obstructs a direct view to the engine room through the duct outlet from outside the engine room.

5. The construction machine according to claim 1 , wherein the first duct section includes a duct bottom wall that defines a lower end of a passage formed in the first duct section, the duct bottom wall including the engine concealment section.

6. The construction machine according to claim 1 , wherein the second duct section includes a duct sidewall that defines a side end of a passage formed in the second duct section, the duct sidewall configuring a guard that covers at least a part of the projection element.

7. The construction machine according to claim 1 , further comprising a sound absorption member provided on an inner side surface of the exhaust duct to absorb sound propagated in the exhaust duct.

Assignees

• Kobe Steel Ltd
• Kobelco Constr Mach Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tabuchi Satoshi
• Masuda Kyoko
• Yamaguchi Zenzo
• Ueda Kazuhiro
• Noda Daisuke
• Fujiwara Yusuke

Classifications

• E02F3/32

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

• B60K13/04

  concerning exhaust · CPC title

• F01P2001/005

  Cooling engine rooms · CPC title

• F01P1/06

  Arrangements for cooling other engine or machine parts · CPC title

• E02F9/0866 Primary

  Engine compartment, e.g. heat exchangers, exhaust filters, cooling devices, silencers, mufflers, position of hydraulic pumps in the engine compartment · CPC title