Working vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016265194-A1
Application number	US-201514655288-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 10, 2015
Priority date	Mar 10, 2015
Publication date	Sep 15, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A wheel loader includes: an exhaust gas aftertreatment device disposed above an engine and housed in an engine compartment along with the engine; an upper exterior cover covering an upper side of the engine compartment; an air inlet through which a cooling air is introduced into the engine compartment; and a fan configured to supply the cooling air to the engine compartment through the air inlet. The exhaust gas aftertreatment device includes a treatment unit configured to treat exhaust gas and is oriented with a longitudinal direction of the treatment unit being parallel with a vehicle front-rear direction. The air inlet is disposed at a front side of the exhaust gas aftertreatment device.

First claim

1 . A working vehicle comprising:
an exhaust gas aftertreatment device disposed above an engine and housed in an engine compartment along with the engine; an upper exterior cover covering an upper side of the engine compartment; an air inlet through which a cooling air is introduced into the engine compartment; and a discharge fan configured to supply the cooling air to the engine compartment through the air inlet, wherein: the exhaust gas aftertreatment device comprises a treatment unit configured to treat exhaust gas, the exhaust gas aftertreatment device is oriented with a longitudinal direction of the treatment unit being parallel with a vehicle front-rear direction, the treatment unit includes a first treatment unit and a second treatment unit that are arranged side by side in a vehicle-width direction, the air inlet, the exhaust gas aftertreatment device, and the discharge fan are disposed sequentially in this order from a front side to a rear side of the working vehicle, the working vehicle further comprises a gutter member disposed between the upper exterior cover and the exhaust gas aftertreatment device and above the exhaust gas aftertreatment device in a manner vertically overlapping with the exhaust gas aftertreatment device, the gutter member comprises a bottom extending in the vehicle front-rear direction and in the vehicle-width direction and a rise portion rising from the bottom on lateral sides of the bottom in the vehicle-width direction, and the bottom is positioned within a range defined by a position of a center axis of a cylindrical exterior case of the first treatment unit and a position of a center axis of a cylindrical exterior case of the second treatment unit projected on the upper exterior cover.

2 . The working vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the air inlet comprises a plurality of air inlets arranged side by side in the vehicle-width direction within the range defined by the position of the center axis of the exterior case of the first treatment unit and the position of the center axis of the exterior case of the second treatment unit projected on the upper exterior cover.

3 . The working vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein respective opening center axes of the plurality of air inlets are arranged side by side in the vehicle-width direction within the range defined by the position of the center axis of the exterior case of the first treatment unit and the position of the center axis of the exterior case of the second treatment unit projected on the upper exterior cover.

4 . The working vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein:
the air inlet comprises a first air inlet positioned at a front side of the first treatment unit and a second air inlet positioned at a front side of the second treatment unit, an air intake space is defined below the first and second air inlets and in front of the exhaust gas aftertreatment device, a first guide box is disposed below the first air inlet, the first guide box comprising a first opening through which air sucked through the first air inlet flows out, the first guide box being attached to the upper exterior cover and projected into the air intake space, a second guide box is disposed below the second air inlet, the second guide box comprising a second opening through which air sucked through the second air inlet flows out, the second guide box being attached to the upper exterior cover and projected into the air intake space, and the first and second air inlets are disposed at positions shifted toward a center in the vehicle-width direction with respect to the center axes of the exterior cases of the first and second treatment units.

5 . (canceled)

6 . The working vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein:
the exhaust gas aftertreatment device further comprises a third treatment unit comprising an exterior case and disposed between the first treatment unit and the second treatment unit, the air inlet further comprises a third air inlet disposed in front of the third treatment unit, the first and third air inlets are partly arranged within a range defined on and between the position of the center axis of the exterior case of the first treatment unit and a position of a center axis of the exterior case of the third treatment unit projected on the upper exterior cover, and the second and third air inlets are arranged within a range defined by the position of the center axis of the exterior case of the second treatment unit and a position of a center axis of the exterior case of the third treatment unit projected on the upper exterior cover.

Assignees

• Komatsu Mfg Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ohmura Ken

Classifications

• E02F9/0841

  Articulated frame, i.e. having at least one pivot point between two travelling gear units (tractor-trailer combinations B62D53/00) · CPC title

• F01N2260/022

  using air · CPC title

• E02F9/0866 Primary

  Engine compartment, e.g. heat exchangers, exhaust filters, cooling devices, silencers, mufflers, position of hydraulic pumps in the engine compartment · CPC title

• B60K11/02

  with liquid cooling · CPC title

• F01N2590/08

  for heavy duty applications, e.g. trucks, buses, tractors, locomotives · CPC title