Work vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10214247-B2
Application number	US-201615769681-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 2, 2016
Priority date	Oct 20, 2015
Publication date	Feb 26, 2019
Grant date	Feb 26, 2019

Abstract

A work vehicle such as a tractor including a cooling fan ( 12 a ) arranged in front of the vehicle's engine main body ( 1 ), and is configured to feed air to the engine main body. The work vehicle further includes a DPF ( 19 ), which is arranged on one side of the engine main body and purifies exhaust gas exhausted from the engine main body, and an engine hood ( 7 ), which covers the engine main body, the cooling fan, and the DPF. An outside air intake port ( 21 ) is formed in both side surfaces of the engine hood at a position further forward than the cooling fan. On both side surfaces of the engine hood, a first opening ( 30 ) capable of exhausting air inside the engine hood in a direction away from the vehicle's operation seat in side view is formed in a position facing the DPF in the lateral direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A work vehicle comprising:
an engine main body;
a cooling fan arranged in front of the engine main body, and configured to feed air to the engine main body;
an exhaust gas purification device arranged on one of left and right sides of the engine main body, and configured to purify exhaust gas exhausted from the engine main body;
an engine hood that covers the engine main body, the cooling fan, and the exhaust gas purification device; and
an operation seat arranged behind the engine hood, wherein
an outside air intake port is formed in at least one of left and right side surfaces of the engine hood, at a position further forward than the cooling fan,
on at least one of the left and right side surfaces of the engine hood, a first opening capable of exhausting air inside the engine hood in a direction away from the operation seat in side view is formed in a position facing the exhaust gas purification device in a lateral direction thereof,
a second opening having a shape elongated in a vehicle width direction is formed in a position above a rear of the engine hood and in front of the operation seat, the second opening being capable of exhausting the air inside the engine hood in a direction away from the operation seat in side view, and
a closing part is provided in a middle position of the second opening relative to the vehicle width direction, and a direction of the air passing through the second opening is divided into left and right by the closing part.

2. The work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
a plurality of first fins, each having a surface inclined in such a manner as to be further forward as it gets closer to outside from inside of the engine hood, are arranged and aligned in the first opening.

3. The work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
a plurality of second fins, each having a surface inclined in such a manner as to be further forward as it gets closer to outside from a middle relative to the vehicle width direction, are arranged and aligned in the second opening.

4. The work vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein
a plurality of second fins, each having a surface inclined in such a manner as to be further forward as it gets closer to outside from a middle relative to the vehicle width direction, are arranged and aligned in the second opening.

Assignees

• Yanmar Co Ltd

Inventors

• Watabe Kenji
• Takii Daisuke
• Oshige Yoshiferu

Classifications

• F01P11/10

  Guiding or ducting cooling-air, to, or from, liquid-to-air heat exchangers · CPC title

• B60K11/08 Primary

  Air inlets for cooling; Shutters or blinds therefor · CPC title

• B62D25/12 Primary

  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

• B62D49/06

  adapted for multi-purpose use · CPC title

• F01P1/06

  Arrangements for cooling other engine or machine parts · CPC title