Wheel loader

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8997915-B2
Application number	US-201314115364-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 26, 2013
Priority date	Oct 26, 2012
Publication date	Apr 7, 2015
Grant date	Apr 7, 2015

Abstract

A wheel loader includes a vehicle frame, an engine, an operating fluid tank, a stand, a rear support frame, and a base member. The engine is mounted on the vehicle frame. The operating fluid tank is disposed in front of the engine. The stand is fixed to the vehicle frame and supports the operating fluid tank. The rear support frame is disposed facing the stand with the engine interposed there-between and fixed to the vehicle frame. The base member is disposed above the engine and has one end fixed to an upper part of the stand and the other end fixed to an upper part of the rear support frame. A diesel particular filter, a nitrogen oxide reduction catalytic converter, and a connecting pipe are all mounted on the base member with the connecting pipe connecting the diesel particulate filtering device and the nitrogen oxide reduction catalytic converter.

First claim

What is claimed is::

1. A wheel loader comprising:
a vehicle frame;
an engine mounted on the vehicle frame;
an operating fluid tank disposed in front of the engine;
a stand fixed to the vehicle frame and supporting the operating fluid tank;
a rear support frame disposed facing the stand with the engine interposed therebetween and fixed to the vehicle frame;
a base member disposed above the engine and having one end fixed to an upper part of the stand and the other end fi…

Assignees

• Komatsu Mfg Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hayashi Daisuke
• Matsuyama Nobuo

Classifications

• F01N3/24

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• E02F9/0833 Primary

  Fixed Constructions · mapped topic

• E02F9/0866

  Fixed Constructions · mapped topic

• B60K13/04 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• E02F9/0841

  Fixed Constructions · mapped topic