Riding management machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12077103-B2
Application number	US-202117552482-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 16, 2021
Priority date	Sep 26, 2019
Publication date	Sep 3, 2024
Grant date	Sep 3, 2024

Abstract

A riding management machine includes a traveling vehicle including a vehicle body, an operator's seat provided on the vehicle body, and a hood provided in front of the operator's seat, a working device attached to the traveling vehicle, a position detector to detect a position of the vehicle body based on a signal from a positioning satellite, and a support body to support the position detector above the hood. The support body includes a pair of struts on opposite sides of the vehicle body in a vehicle-width direction, a connector to connect tops of the pair of struts to each other, and reinforcements to connect the respective struts to the vehicle body.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A riding management machine, comprising:
a traveling vehicle including:
a vehicle body;
an operator's seat provided on the vehicle body; and
a hood provided in front of the operator's seat;

a working device attached to the traveling vehicle;
a position detector to detect a position of the vehicle body based on a signal from a positioning satellite; and
a support body to support the position detector above the hood; wherein
the support body includes:
a pair of struts on opposite sides of the vehicle body in a vehicle-width direction;
a connector to connect tops of the pair of struts to each other; and
reinforcements to connect the respective struts to the vehicle body; and

the reinforcements include:
main reinforcements extending forward or rearward from vertically intermediate portions of the respective struts to the vehicle body; and
sub reinforcements extending in the vehicle-width direction from the vertically intermediate portions of the respective struts to the vehicle body.

2. The riding management machine according to claim 1 , wherein the main reinforcements and the sub reinforcements are joined to the respective struts so that positions where the main reinforcements are joined to the struts are offset upward or downward from positions where the sub reinforcements are joined to the struts.

3. The riding management machine according to claim 2 , wherein the positions where the main reinforcements are joined to the struts are above the positions where the sub reinforcements are joined to the struts.

4. The riding management machine according to claim 1 , further comprising:
steps provided forward and sideward of the operator's seat; and
each of the main reinforcements is joined at one end thereof to each of the struts and is joined at the other end thereof to each of the steps.

5. A riding management machine, comprising:
a traveling vehicle including:
a vehicle body:
an operator's seat provided on the vehicle body; and
a hood provided in front of the operator's seat;

a working device attached to the traveling vehicle;
a position detector to detect a position of the vehicle body based on a signal from a positioning satellite; and
a support body to support the position detector above the hood; wherein
the support body includes:
a pair of struts on opposite sides of the vehicle body in a vehicle-width direction;
a connector to connect tops of the pair of struts to each other; and
reinforcements to connect the respective struts to the vehicle body;

the struts include:
a first strut on a first side of the vehicle body in the vehicle-width direction; and
a second strut on a second side of the vehicle body in the vehicle-width direction; and

the reinforcements include:
a first reinforcement to connect a vertically intermediate portion of the first strut to the vehicle body; and
a second reinforcement to connect a vertically intermediate portion of the second strut to the vehicle body.

6. The riding management machine according to claim 5 , wherein the support body includes:
a lower section attached to the vehicle body; and
an upper section detachably attached to the lower section;
the lower section includes a lower portion of the first strut and a lower portion of the second strut; and
the upper section includes the connector, an upper portion of the first strut, and an upper portion of the second strut.

7. The riding management machine according to claim 6 , wherein the reinforcements connect the lower section to the vehicle body.

8. The riding management machine according to claim 5 , wherein each of the first strut, the second strut and the connector include a round pipe.

9. A riding management machine, comprising:
a traveling vehicle including:
a vehicle body:
an operator's seat provided on the vehicle body; and
a hood provided in front of the operator's seat;

a working device attached to the traveling vehicle;
a position detector to detect a position of the vehicle body based on a signal from a positioning satellite;
a support body to support the position detector above the hood, the support body including:
a pair of struts on opposite sides of the vehicle body in a vehicle-width direction;
a connector to connect tops of the pair of struts to each other; and
reinforcements to connect the respective struts to the vehicle body;

a traveling device including front wheels and rear wheels to movably support the vehicle body;
a front axle frame to support a front axle joined to the front wheels; and
brackets each of which is attached to the front axle frame and fixable to a lower portion of each of the struts.

10. The riding management machine according to claim 9 , wherein
the reinforcements include:
main reinforcements extending forward or rearward from vertically intermediate portions of the respective struts to the vehicle body; and
sub reinforcements extending in the vehicle-width direction from the vertically intermediate portions of the respective struts to the vehicle body; and

each of the sub reinforcements is fixed at a lower end thereof to each of the brackets.

11. The riding management machine according to claim 10 , wherein each of the struts includes, at a lower end thereof, a traversal portion extending inward in the vehicle-width direction and fixed to each of the brackets.

12. The riding management machine according to claim 11 , wherein each of the sub reinforcements is fixed at a lower end thereof to each of the traversal portions.

Assignees

• Kubota Kk

Inventors

• KIKUMOTO Misako
• Nishino Kunihiko
• Morioka Yasuaki
• Ezaki Hideaki
• Miyashita Shunsuke
• TAMBO Toru

Classifications

• G01S19/14

  specially adapted for specific applications · CPC title

• G01S19/36

  relating to the receiver frond end · CPC title

• G01S19/47

  the supplementary measurement being an inertial measurement, e.g. tightly coupled inertial · CPC title

• H01Q1/3233

  particular used as part of a sensor or in a security system, e.g. for automotive radar, navigation systems · CPC title

• B60R2011/004

  outside the vehicle · CPC title