Hydraulic excavator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9328748-B2
Application number	US-201314358738-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 4, 2013
Priority date	Dec 4, 2013
Publication date	May 3, 2016
Grant date	May 3, 2016

Abstract

A hydraulic excavator is provided which can allow the cooling device to be arranged in proximity to a rear wall of a cab. The rear wall of the cab has an upright wall part extending in the vertical direction and an inclined wall part inclined to the rear upper side with respect to the upright wall part. The outer surface of an oil cooler has a front surface facing the upright wall part and extending in the vertical direction and an inclined surface inclined to the rear upper side with respect to the front surface. The upper edge of the front surface is arranged below the height position of the other edge of the inclined wall part. An angle formed by the upright wall part and the inclined wall part is more than or equal to an angle formed by the front surface and the inclined surface.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A hydraulic excavator comprising:
a cab having a rear wall; and
a cooling device arranged on a rear side of said rear wall,
said rear wall having an upright wall part extending in the vertical direction and an inclined wall part connected to an upper edge of said upright wall part and inclined to a rear upper side with respect to the upper edge of said upright wall part,
an outer surface of said cooling device has a front surface facing said upright wall part and extending in the vertical direction, and an inclined surface having a lower edge directly connected to an upper edge of said front surface at the upper edge of said front surface, the inclined surface being inclined to the rear upper side with respect to the upper edge of said front surface,
said inclined wall part having one edge connected to said upright wall part and the other edge opposite to said one edge, the upper edge of said front surface being arranged below a height position of said other edge,
said upright wall part and said inclined wall part forming an angle more than or equal to an angle formed by said front surface and said inclined surface.

2. The hydraulic excavator according to claim 1 , wherein the upper edge of said front surface is positioned between a bisector of the angle formed by said upright wall part and said inclined wall part and a height position of the upper edge of said upright wall part, in the vertical direction.

3. The hydraulic excavator according to claim 1 , wherein said inclined surface has a portion extending in parallel to said inclined wall part.

4. The hydraulic excavator according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a work implement; and
a hydraulic actuator driving said work implement, wherein
said cooling device is an oil cooler cooling a hydraulic fluid supplied to said hydraulic actuator.

5. The hydraulic excavator according to claim 4 , wherein
said oil cooler includes a core part cooling the hydraulic fluid passing therethrough and an upper tank arranged over said core part,
said front surface and said inclined surface constitute an outer surface of said upper tank, and
a cross section of said upper tank perpendicular to a front-back direction has a rectangular outer shape.

6. The hydraulic excavator according to claim 1 , further comprising a second cooling device arranged on the rear side of said cooling device, wherein
the uppermost surface of said second cooling device is arranged at a position higher than the uppermost surface of said cooling device.

7. The hydraulic excavator according claim 1 , further comprising a sealing material provided between said rear wall and said outer surface of said cooling device.

8. The hydraulic excavator according to claim 2 , wherein said inclined surface has a portion extending in parallel to said inclined wall part.

9. The hydraulic excavator according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a work implement; and
a hydraulic actuator driving said work implement, wherein
said cooling device is an oil cooler cooling a hydraulic fluid supplied to said hydraulic actuator.

10. The hydraulic excavator according to claim 9 , wherein
said oil cooler includes a core part cooling the hydraulic fluid passing therethrough and an upper tank arranged over said core part,
said front surface and said inclined surface constitute an outer surface of said upper tank, and
a cross section of said upper tank perpendicular to a front-back direction has a rectangular outer shape.

11. The hydraulic excavator according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a work implement; and
a hydraulic actuator driving said work implement, wherein
said cooling device is an oil cooler cooling a hydraulic fluid supplied to said hydraulic actuator.

12. The hydraulic excavator according to claim 11 , wherein
said oil cooler includes a core part cooling the hydraulic fluid passing therethrough and an upper tank arranged over said core part,
said front surface and said inclined surface constitute an outer surface of said upper tank, and
a cross section of said upper tank perpendicular to a front-back direction has a rectangular outer shape.

13. The hydraulic excavator according to claim 8 , further comprising:
a work implement; and
a hydraulic actuator driving said work implement, wherein
said cooling device is an oil cooler cooling a hydraulic fluid supplied to said hydraulic actuator.

14. The hydraulic excavator according to claim 13 , wherein
said oil cooler includes a core part cooling the hydraulic fluid passing therethrough and an upper tank arranged over said core part,
said front surface and said inclined surface constitute an outer surface of said upper tank, and
a cross section of said upper tank perpendicular to a front-back direction has a rectangular outer shape.

15. The hydraulic excavator according to claim 2 , further comprising a second cooling device arranged on the rear side of said cooling device, wherein
the uppermost surface of said second cooling device is arranged at a position higher than the uppermost surface of said cooling device.

16. The hydraulic excavator according to claim 3 , further comprising a second cooling device arranged on the rear side of said cooling device, wherein
the uppermost surface of said second cooling device is arranged at a position higher than the uppermost surface of said cooling device.

17. The hydraulic excavator according to claim 4 , further comprising a second cooling device arranged on the rear side of said cooling device, wherein
the uppermost surface of said second cooling device is arranged at a position higher than the uppermost surface of said cooling device.

18. The hydraulic excavator according to claim 5 , further comprising a second cooling device arranged on the rear side of said cooling device, wherein
the uppermost surface of said second cooling device is arranged at a position higher than the uppermost surface of said cooling device.

19. The hydraulic excavator according to claim 8 , further comprising a second cooling device arranged on the rear side of said cooling device, wherein
the uppermost surface of said second cooling device is arranged at a position higher than the uppermost surface of said cooling device.

Assignees

• Komatsu Mfg Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yotsuzuka Hironori

Classifications

• F01P11/08

  Arrangements of lubricant coolers (in lubrication apparatus F01M) · CPC title

• B60Y2200/412

  Excavators · CPC title

• E02F9/0866

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

• E02F9/2278

  Hydraulic circuits · CPC title

• F01P3/18

  Arrangements or mounting of liquid-to-air heat-exchangers (such arrangements on cylinders or cylinder heads F01P3/04; relative to vehicles B60K11/04) · CPC title