Dump truck dump body, and dump truck

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10632890-B2
Application number	US-201615750861-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 16, 2016
Priority date	Mar 16, 2016
Publication date	Apr 28, 2020
Grant date	Apr 28, 2020

Abstract

A dump truck configured to move in both front and back directions and dump loads in a first one of the directions includes: a chassis including an engine within a wheelbase; and a dump body covering an upper portion of the chassis across an entire length in travel direction and an entire width in vehicle width direction, the dump body supported so as to be able to be raised and lowered via a hinge by a side of the chassis near which loads are dumped. The dump body includes: a first inclined a side of the dump body from portion rising upward from a bottom portion of the dump body toward the side thereof from which loads are dumped; and a second, inclined portion inclined downward from an upper end of the first inclined portion to an end of the side of the dump body from which loads are dumped.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A dump body for a dump truck that is configured to travel along a travel direction, the dump body comprising:
a pair of side plates; and
a bottom portion, a first inclined portion, and a second inclined portion that are provided between the pair of side plates,
wherein in a state in which the bottom portion is oriented parallel to the travel direction:
the first inclined portion is inclined upward relative to the travel direction from the bottom portion toward a side of the dump body from which loads are dumped, and
the second inclined portion is inclined downward relative to the travel direction from an upper end of the first inclined portion to a dumping end of the side of the dump body from which the loads are dumped.

2. A dump truck configured to travel forward in both front and back directions and dump loads in one of the front and back directions, the dump truck comprising:
a chassis comprising an engine within a wheelbase, the chassis being extended along a travel direction of the dump truck; and
a dump body covering an upper portion of the chassis across an entire length in the travel direction and an entire width in a vehicle width direction of the chassis, the dump body supported in a manner to be able to be raised and lowered via a hinge by a side of the chassis near a side of the dump body from which the loads are dumped,
wherein the dump body comprises:
a pair of side plates, and
a bottom portion, a first inclined portion, and a second inclined portion that are provided between the pair of side plates,

wherein in a state in which the bottom portion is oriented parallel to the travel direction:
the first inclined portion is inclined upward relative to the travel direction from the bottom portion toward the side of the dump body from which the loads are dumped, and

the second inclined portion is inclined downward relative to the travel direction from an upper end of the first inclined portion to a dumping end of the side of the dump body from which the loads are dumped, and
wherein based on the dump body being raised relative to the chassis, a height of the dumping end of the side of the dump body from which the loads are dumped is equal to a radius of each of tires of the chassis.

3. The dump truck according to claim 2 , wherein
the dump body further comprises a third inclined portion rising upward from the bottom portion of the dump body relative to the travel direction toward an opposite side of the dump body from the first inclined portion, and
a rising angle of the third inclined portion relative to the travel direction is larger than a rising angle of the first inclined portion relative to the travel direction.

4. The dump truck according to claim 3 , wherein
a dimension from the upper end of the first inclined portion to a center of the chassis in a front-back direction is larger than a dimension from an upper end of the third inclined portion to the center of the chassis in the front-back direction.

5. The dump body according to claim 1 , wherein
the upper end of the first inclined portion corresponds to a rear end of the first inclined portion, and
the first inclined portion includes a lower end that corresponds to a front end of the first inclined portion and that is connected to the bottom portion.

6. The dump body according to claim 1 , wherein the dump body is configured to be in (i) a first position in which the bottom portion is oriented parallel to the travel direction and (ii) a second position in which the bottom portion is inclined relative to the travel direction, and wherein the dumping end is positioned closer to a ground in the second position compared to the first position.

7. The dump body according to claim 1 , wherein the bottom portion, the first inclined portion, and the second inclined portion are integrally formed.

8. The dump body according to claim 1 , wherein each of a first angle between the bottom portion and the first inclined portion and a second angle between the first inclined portion and the second inclined portion are fixed.

9. The dump truck according to claim 2 , wherein the dump body is configured to be in (i) a first position in which the bottom portion is oriented parallel to the travel direction of the chassis and (ii) a second position in which the bottom portion is inclined relative to the travel direction of the chassis, and wherein the dumping end is positioned closer to a ground in the second position compared to the first position.

10. The dump truck according to claim 2 , wherein the bottom portion, the first inclined portion, and the second inclined portion are integrally formed.

11. The dump truck according to claim 2 , wherein each of a first angle between the bottom portion and the first inclined portion and a second angle between the first inclined portion and the second inclined portion are fixed.

Assignees

• Komatsu Mfg Co Ltd

Inventors

• YABE Yousuke

Classifications

• B60P1/283

  Elements of tipping devices · CPC title

• B60P1/16

  actuated by fluid-operated mechanisms · CPC title

• B60P1/286 Primary

  Loading buckets · CPC title

• B60P1/04

  with a tipping movement of load-transporting element (dredgers or soil-shifting machines E02F3/00) · CPC title

• B60P1/28 Primary

  Tipping body constructions · CPC title