Bucket and work vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11274415-B2
Application number	US-201917259587-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 9, 2019
Priority date	Sep 10, 2018
Publication date	Mar 15, 2022
Grant date	Mar 15, 2022

Abstract

A bottom plate includes a first deepest portion at which a length from a first reference straight line to the bottom plate is maximum. The first reference straight line passes through a front end portion of a front lip and a position at which a rear end portion of the bottom plate is contiguous to each of side plates. The first deepest portion is located on a second reference straight line orthogonal to the first reference straight line. A side end portion of each of the side plates is provided with a recessed portion. The recessed portion includes a second deepest portion at which a length from the first reference straight line to the recessed portion is maximum. The second deepest portion is located on the second reference straight line or located close to the front lip with respect to the second reference straight line.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A bucket coupled to an arm of a work implement to be pivotable about a prescribed axis, the bucket comprising:
a bottom plate facing an opening of the bucket;
a pair of side plates disposed to face each other on both sides of the bottom plate;
a bracket provided on a back surface of the bottom plate and coupled to the arm on the prescribed axis; and
a front lip provided along the opening, wherein
the front lip includes a front end portion that defines an opening edge of the opening,
the bottom plate includes a rear end portion that defines an opening edge of the opening on a side where the bracket is attached,
each of the side plates includes a side end portion that defines an opening edge of the opening,
the bottom plate further includes a first deepest portion at which a length from a first reference straight line to the bottom plate is maximum, the first reference straight line passes through the front end portion and a position at which the rear end portion is contiguous to each of the side plates, and the first deepest portion is located on a second reference straight line orthogonal to the first reference straight line,
the side end portion is provided with a recessed portion that is recessed in a direction toward the bottom plate in a side view seen from a direction along the prescribed axis, and
the recessed portion includes a second deepest portion at which a length from the first reference straight line to the recessed portion is maximum, and the second deepest portion is located on the second reference straight line or located close to the front lip with respect to the second reference straight line, wherein the second deepest portion is located on the second reference straight line.

2. The bucket according to claim 1 , wherein
the bottom plate has a curved shape having a first curvature in the first deepest portion, and
the recessed portion has a curved shape having a second curvature in the second deepest portion, and the second curvature is equal to or greater than the first curvature.

3. The bucket according to claim 2 , wherein the first curvature is equal to the second curvature.

4. The bucket according to claim 1 , wherein
the bottom plate has a curved shape having a first curvature in the first deepest portion, and
the recessed portion has a curved shape having a second curvature in the second deepest portion, and the second curvature is smaller than the first curvature.

5. A work vehicle comprising:
a vehicular body; and
the work implement attached to the vehicular body, wherein
the work implement includes
a boom pivotably coupled to the vehicular body,
the arm pivotably coupled to the boom, and
the bucket according to claim 1 , the bucket being pivotably coupled to the arm.

Assignees

• Komatsu Mfg Co Ltd

Inventors

• Murakami Junichi
• Iwasawa Naohisa
• Yoshihara Yukihide
• Iwasaki Akinobu
• Monnai Yuki
• Sugihara Nobuyasu

Classifications

• E02F3/40 Primary

  Dippers; Buckets {; Grab devices, e.g. manufacturing processes for buckets, form, geometry or material of buckets (devices to connect tools to arms or booms E02F3/3604; teeth therefor E02F9/28)} · CPC title

• E02F3/32

  working downwardly and towards the machine, e.g. with backhoes · CPC title