Fuel tank affixing structure for construction machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9227510-B2
Application number	US-201214002006-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 15, 2012
Priority date	Mar 17, 2011
Publication date	Jan 5, 2016
Grant date	Jan 5, 2016

Abstract

To provide a fuel tank fixing structure for a construction machine, which does not require a belt and is capable of fixing a fuel tank on a vehicle body stably.
The present invention provides a fuel tank fixing structure, for example when fixing a fuel tank 11 made of synthetic resin on a revolving frame 2 a of a revolving superstructure 2 of a compact excavator, that includes a standing member having a supporting member 11 to be fixed on the revolving frame 2 a in a standing state, a hydraulic oil tank 10 made of iron, and a fixing bracket 14 made of iron, and a holding assembly for holding a fuel feed opening 11 a provided on the fuel tank 11 , such as a holding bracket 13 made of iron. A bushing 15 is engaged with a hole 13 a 1 formed in a plate part 13 a of the holding bracket 13 . The feed opening 11 a of the fuel tank 11 is inserted into a hole 15 a of the bushing 15 so that the feed opening 11 a of the fuel tank 11 is held by the holding bracket 13 via the bushing 15.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A fuel tank fixing structure for a compact excavator being provided with a vehicle body including a revolving superstructure, a working device attached to the vehicle body, an engine mounted on the vehicle body, and a fuel tank that stores therein fuel to be fed to the engine and is fixed on the vehicle body by the fuel tank fixing structure, comprising:
a standing member that is fixed on the vehicle body in a standing state and includes a supporting member that is fixed on a revolving frame of the revolving superstructure, a hydraulic oil tank that is made of iron and fixed on the supporting member, and a fixing bracket that is fixed on the hydraulic oil tank;
a holding bracket made of iron and provided with a hole formed therein, which is connected to the standing member and holds a feed opening for fuel formed on the fuel tank;
a restricting part that is formed integrally with the holding bracket and restricts movement of the fuel tank such that the holding bracket is bended downwardly so as to face a side surface of the fuel tank; and
a ring-shaped bushing to be engaged with a periphery portion of the hole of the holding bracket, wherein
the feed opening of the fuel tank is inserted into a hole of the bushing that is attached to the periphery portion of the hole of the holding bracket so that the feed opening of the fuel tank is held by the holding bracket via the bushing, and
the holding bracket and the fixing bracket are fixed with each other by a fastener.

2. The fuel tank fixing structure for a compact excavator according to claim 1 , wherein the fuel tank is configured by a tank made of synthetic resin.

Assignees

• Sasaki Katsuhiro
• Hitachi Construction Machinery

Inventors

• Sasaki Katsuhiro

Classifications

• B60K15/067 Primary

  Mounting of tanks · CPC title

• E02F9/0883

  Tanks, e.g. oil tank, urea tank, fuel tank (for vehicles in general B60K15/00) · CPC title

• B60Y2200/412

  Excavators · CPC title