Wheel type construction machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10495164-B2
Application number	US-201615761833-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 11, 2016
Priority date	Sep 24, 2015
Publication date	Dec 3, 2019
Grant date	Dec 3, 2019

Abstract

Brake mechanisms ( 33 ) that apply braking to rotations of left and right rotational shafts ( 25 ) each include a projecting part ( 40 ) that faces a partition wall ( 15 A) of a brake case ( 15 ) and projects radially inward from an inner diameter side of a piston ( 37 ), an engaging member ( 41 ) that is arranged in the inner diameter side of the piston ( 37 ) in a state of being movably engaged with the projecting part ( 40 ) by a predetermined dimension in the left-right direction, and a pin member ( 42 ) that is provided between the partition wall ( 15 A) of the brake case ( 15 ) and the engaging member ( 41 ). A frictional resistance between the pin member ( 42 ) and the partition wall ( 15 A) is set to a value smaller than a pressing force of the piston ( 37 ) at the braking. The projecting part ( 40 ) is provided with an engaging member insertion groove ( 40 A) that the pin member ( 42 ) penetrates in the left-right direction, and the engaging member ( 41 ) is movably engaged with the projecting part ( 40 ) in the left-right direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A wheel type construction machine comprising:
a vehicle body that is equipped with a drive source;
an axle device that is provided in said vehicle body and is connected to said drive source to drive/rotate wheels in both sides in a left-right direction; and
a working mechanism that is provided in said vehicle body, wherein
said axle device including:
a differential case that is arranged in an intermediate part in the left-right direction and an inside of which is a differential mechanism accommodating room;
left and right brake cases that are arranged in both left and right sides of said differential case, said left and right brake cases each being defined by a partition wall to said differential mechanism accommodating room in said differential case, and an internal part of said brake case being formed as a brake mechanism accommodating room;
a differential mechanism that is provided in said differential mechanism accommodating room in said differential case and distributes a drive force of said drive source to rotational shafts arranged in the left-right direction;
left and right axle shafts that transmit rotations of said left and right rotational shafts of said differential mechanism to said left and right wheels; and
left and right brake mechanisms that are provided in said respective brake mechanism accommodating rooms in said left and right brake cases to apply braking to the rotation of said rotational shaft in said differential mechanism, and
said brake mechanism including:
a plurality of rotating discs that are mounted on said rotational shaft and rotate together with said rotational shaft;
a plurality of non-rotating discs that are mounted in said brake case in a non-rotating state to face and be across said rotating disc in the left-right direction; and
an annular piston that is provided in said brake case to face said non-rotating disc and presses said non-rotating disc on said rotating disc to generate a braking force, characterized in that:
said brake mechanism includes:
a projecting part that faces said partition wall of said brake case and projects inward in a radial direction from an inner diameter side of said piston;
an engaging member that is arranged in the inner diameter side of said piston in a state of being movably engaged with said projecting part by a predetermined dimension in the left-right direction to said projecting part of said piston; and
a pin member that is provided between said partition wall and said engaging member for movably supporting said engaging member in the left-right direction to said partition wall of said brake case, wherein
at least one frictional resistance of a frictional resistance between said pin member and said partition wall of said brake case and a frictional resistance between said pin member and said engaging member is set to a value smaller than said pressing force of said piston at the braking, and
said projecting part of said piston is provided with an engaging member insertion part in which said engaging member is movably inserted in the left-right direction.

2. The wheel type construction machine according to claim 1 , wherein
an elastic member is provided between said non-rotating discs to apply an elastic force in a direction in which said non-rotating discs are away from each other, and
the frictional resistance between said pin member and said partition wall of said brake case and the frictional resistance between said pin member and said engaging member each are set to a value greater than the elastic force of said elastic member.

3. The wheel type construction machine according to claim 1 , wherein
said engaging member insertion part provided in said projecting part of said piston is provided with an engaging member insertion groove in a notched shape for penetration of said engaging member, and
said engaging member is provided with an entirely circumferential engaging groove that is movably engaged with said engaging member insertion groove in the left-right direction.

4. The wheel type construction machine according to claim 1 , wherein
said engaging member insertion part provided in said projecting part of said piston is provided with a through hole for penetration of said engaging member, and
said engaging member is configured of a pair of division engaging bodies across said projecting part to be movable in the left-right direction.

Assignees

• Hitachi Construction Mach Co

Inventors

• Kurihara Takeshi

Classifications

• B60P3/00

  Vehicles adapted to transport, to carry or to comprise special loads or objects (ambulances or other vehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances A61G3/00; hearses A61G21/00; fire-fighting land vehicles A62C27/00; refuse-collecting vehicles B65F3/00, B65F7/00; snow-removing vehicles E01H; armoured or armed vehicles F41H7/00; self-propelled mine-clearing vehicles F41H11/16) · CPC title

• B60T1/06

  acting otherwise than on tread, e.g. employing rim, drum, disc, or transmission {or on double wheels} · CPC title

• F16D65/54 Primary

  by means of direct linear adjustment · CPC title

• F16H48/36

  characterised by intentionally generating speed difference between outputs · CPC title

• F16D65/18

  adapted for drawing members together {, e.g. for disc brakes} · CPC title