Working vehicle and tractor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12168474-B2
Application number	US-202318201798-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 25, 2023
Priority date	Dec 18, 2017
Publication date	Dec 17, 2024
Grant date	Dec 17, 2024

Abstract

A working vehicle includes an inertia detector to measure inertia information of a vehicle body, a rear axle supporting a rear wheel, and a transmission case rotatably supporting the rear wheel. The inertia detector overlaps with at least a portion of the transmission case in a plan view and is capable of accurately measuring inertia information when a vehicle body changes attitude.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A working vehicle comprising:
an inertia detector to measure inertia information of a vehicle body;
a rear axle supporting a rear wheel;
a transmission case rotatably supporting the rear axle;
a ROPS to provide rolling protection and located at or adjacent to the transmission case;
an antenna to receive satellite position information and supported by the ROPS; and
a driver seat to allow an operator to sit thereon; wherein
the inertia detector is at a position below the antenna and below the driver seat and overlaps at least a portion of the transmission case and the driver seat in a plan view.

2. The working vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the inertia detector is above a driving axis of the rear axle.

3. The working vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a lifting cylinder to move a working device upward and downward; and
a cylinder case housing the lifting cylinder; wherein
the inertia detector is above the cylinder case.

4. The working vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a differential device to generate a difference between a driving speed of a right portion of the rear axle and a driving speed of a left portion of the rear axle; wherein
the inertia detector is above the differential device.

5. The working vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the inertia detector overlaps with at least a portion of the rear axle in the plan view.

6. The working vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the inertia detector overlaps with at least a portion of the rear wheel in a side view.

7. The working vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a wire extending from the antenna to the inertia detector, wherein
the wire extends from the antenna through an inside of the ROPS to the inertia detector.

8. The working vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein
the ROPS includes a pair of left and right vertical frame portions extending in a vertical direction and a lateral frame portion connecting upper ends of the left and right vertical frame portions and extending in a horizontal direction, and is configured to be bent around a swing fulcrum provided at a lower portion thereof, and
the wire is guided to an inside of the lateral frame portion through an insertion hole in the lateral frame portion, passes through the inside of the lateral frame portion and an inside of at least one of the vertical frame portions, passes through an insertion hole above the swing fulcrum of the at least one of the vertical frame portions, and extends to the inertia detector.

9. A working vehicle comprising:
a traveling vehicle body configured to travel in accordance with either manual steering with a steering handle or auto steering applied to the steering handle based on a scheduled traveling line;
a driver to drive the traveling vehicle body;
a housing to cover the driver;
a receiver provided to the traveling vehicle body to receive one or more signals from one or more satellites;
an inertia detector to measure inertia of the traveling vehicle body;
an auto steering mechanism to automatically steer the steering handle based on the one or more signals received by the receiver and the inertia measured by the inertia detector;
an anti-vibration structure to suppress vibration of the inertia detector, the anti-vibration structure including an elastic body;
a support to support the inertia detector on the traveling vehicle body with the anti-vibration structure; and
a support plate attached to the housing, wherein
the support supports the inertia detector on the housing with the anti-vibration structure, and
the support includes:
an attachment portion to which the inertia detector is attached and located below the support plate; and
a fixing portion standing on the attachment portion and being fixed to the support plate with the anti-vibration structure.

10. The working vehicle according to claim 9 , further comprising:
a driver seat on the traveling vehicle body; wherein
the support plate supports the driver seat from below.

11. The working vehicle according to claim 9 , wherein
the fixing portion is fixed to the support plate by a bolt; and
the anti-vibration structure is between the bolt and the fixing portion and between the fixing portion and the support plate.

12. The working vehicle according to claim 11 , wherein
the elastic body includes a first large diameter portion, a second large diameter portion, and a small diameter portion, the first large diameter portion being provided on an upper portion of the elastic body, the second large diameter portion being provided below the elastic body, the small diameter portion being provided between the first large diameter portion and the second large diameter portion;
the first large diameter portion is interposed between an upper surface of the fixing portion and a lower surface of the support plate; and
the second large diameter portion is interposed between a lower surface of the fixing portion and a head of the bolt.

13. The working vehicle according to claim 9 , wherein
the housing is a transmission case; and
the support plate is attached to an upper portion of the transmission case.

14. The working vehicle according to claim 9 , wherein the support plate includes an opening above the inertia detector such that inertia detector is exposed in the opening.

15. The working vehicle according to claim 9 , further comprising:
vehicle body state detector portions to detect a load and a moment applied to the traveling vehicle body; and
a controller device to calculate a zero moment point based on the load and the moment detected by the vehicle body state detector portions, wherein
the inertia detector is attached in a range in which the zero moment point moves when the working vehicle is traveling, in plan view.

Assignees

• Kubota Kk

Inventors

• Kobayashi Kumiko
• Nishino Kunihiko
• Morioka Yasuaki
• Miyashita Shunsuke
• Kubota Yuki
• Kawai Misako
• Shoen Shigeo

Classifications

• G01C21/166

  Mechanical, construction or arrangement details of inertial navigation systems · CPC title

• B62D49/08

  having means for preventing overturning or tipping (safety devices for propulsion-unit control, specially adapted for, or arranged in, vehicles B60K28/00) · CPC title

• B62D49/02

  modified to take lifting devices · CPC title

• B62D25/16

  Mud-guards or wings; Wheel cover panels (equipped with means for freeing wheels or tyres from foreign matter B60S) · CPC title

• B62D1/04

  Hand wheels · CPC title