Mid mount stabilizer for a backhoe loader

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10337169-B2
Application number	US-201715447851-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 2, 2017
Priority date	Mar 2, 2017
Publication date	Jul 2, 2019
Grant date	Jul 2, 2019

Abstract

A stabilizer device for a work vehicle. The work vehicle having a first ground-engaging device having a first midpoint and a second ground-engaging device having a second midpoint. The first ground-engaging device and the second ground-engaging device configured to move the work vehicle along a surface. The stabilizer device comprising a mount coupled to the work vehicle between the first ground-engaging device and the second ground-engaging device. A stabilizer bar coupled to the mount. An actuator coupled to the mount and the stabilizer bar and configured to raise the stabilizer bar from a ground-engaging position to a stowed position. The stabilizer device extends to one of equal to and beyond the second midpoint in the ground-engaging position.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A work vehicle comprising:
an operator's station;
a first ground-engaging device having a first midpoint, the first midpoint positioned forwardly of the operator's station;
a second ground-engaging device having a second midpoint, the second midpoint positioned rearwardly of the operator's station; and
a stabilizer device comprising:
a mount coupled to the work vehicle between the first midpoint and the second midpoint;
a stabilizer bar coupled to the mount; and
an actuator coupled to the stabilizer bar and positioned between the first midpoint and the second midpoint and retracts to raise the stabilizer bar from a ground-engaging position to a stowed position;
wherein the stabilizer device extends beyond the second midpoint in the ground-engaging position the stabilizer bar having a third ground-engaging device comprising at least one wheel for moving the work vehicle along a surface when the stabilizer bar is in the ground-engaging position;
wherein the stabilizer bar comprises a first portion and a second portion, the second portion positioned at a smaller angle relative to a forwardly-rearwardly direction of the work vehicle than the first portion relative to the forwardly-rearwardly direction of the work vehicle in the ground-engaging position.

2. The work vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the first ground-engaging device is at least one wheel and the second ground-engaging device is at least one wheel.

3. The work vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the first ground-engaging device and the second ground-engaging device are mirrored along a midline of the work vehicle to share an equal distribution of a weight of the work vehicle.

4. The work vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the first ground-engaging device and the second ground-engaging device are wheels that are the same size.

5. The work vehicle of claim 1 , further comprising a bucket coupled to the work vehicle and positioned forwardly of the operator's station and a boom coupled to the work vehicle and positioned rearwardly of the operator's station.

Assignees

• Deere & Co

Inventors

• Pfaff Wylie C
• Hendron Scott S
• Moore Robert C
• Lampela Martti Johannes
• Krieger John William
• Falt Peter Fraser
• Mclaughlin Michael

Classifications

• E02F9/085 Primary

  Ground-engaging fitting for supporting the machines while working, e.g. outriggers, legs (for vehicles in general B60S9/00, for cranes B66C23/78) · CPC title

• E02F3/964

  of several tools mounted on one machine (E02F3/962 takes precedence) · CPC title