Work vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11111860-B1
Application number	US-202017095716-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Nov 11, 2020
Priority date	Mar 6, 2020
Publication date	Sep 7, 2021
Grant date	Sep 7, 2021

Abstract

The work vehicle includes: an operation tool through which opening and closing of a throttle valve is operated in accordance with a swing angle of the operation tool; a cable connected to the throttle valve; a cam which is supported by the operation tool and swingable about a first shaft supported by the vehicle body in accordance with an operation amount of the operation tool; a curved face which is an outer face of the cam and includes an end part region and a remaining region, the end part region having a curvature smaller than a curvature of the remaining region; and a link member which is connected to the cable, brought into contact with the curved face of the cam, and swingable along the curved face about a second shaft supported by the vehicle body in accordance with sing of the cam.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A work vehicle comprising:
an engine in which an amount of intake air to be supplied thereto is adjusted by opening and closing of a throttle valve;
an operation tool which is swingably supported by the vehicle body and through which opening and closing of the throttle valve is operated in accordance with a swing angle of the operation tool;
a cable connected to the throttle valve;
a cam which is supported by the operation tool and swingable about a first shaft supported by the vehicle body in accordance with an operation amount of the operation tool;
a curved face which is an outer face of the cam and includes an end part region and a remaining region, the end part region having a curvature smaller than a curvature of the remaining region, and
a link member which is connected to the cable, brought into contact with the curved face of the cam, and swingable along the curved face about a second shaft supported by the vehicle body in accordance with swing of the cam,
wherein the cable is pulled in accordance with a swing amount of the link member, opening and closing of the throttle valve is adjusted in accordance with a pulled amount of the cable, and as a swing amount of the operation tool becomes larger, the link member swings farther along the curved face in a direction from the end part region to the remaining region.

2. The work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein in the curved face, the remaining region has a curvature which is constant, and the end part region has a curvature which increases toward the remaining region.

3. The work vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a first elastic body having one end supported by the vehicle body and the other end supported by the operation tool; and
a second elastic body biasing the link member toward the cam,
wherein in a state in which the operation tool is not operated, the link member is brought into contact with the end part region of the curved face, and when the operation amount of the operation tool becomes larger than a predetermined amount, the link member is brought into contact with the remaining region of the curved face.

4. The work vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising a body frame, and
wherein the operation tool, the first shaft, and the second shaft are supported by the vehicle body via the body frame.

Assignees

• Kubota Kk

Inventors

• Nakao Kohta

Classifications

• B60K26/02

  of initiating means or elements · CPC title

• F02D11/04

  characterised by mechanical control linkages (F02D11/06 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F02D11/02

  characterised by hand, foot, or like operator controlled initiation means · CPC title

• F02D9/02 Primary

  concerning induction conduits (throttle valves, or arrangements thereof in conduits F02D9/08) · CPC title

• B60Y2200/20

  Off-Road Vehicles · CPC title