Hydraulic excavator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9702112-B2
Application number	US-201314128261-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 16, 2013
Priority date	Jan 18, 2013
Publication date	Jul 11, 2017
Grant date	Jul 11, 2017

Abstract

A hydraulic excavator includes a cab and a work implement arranged on one lateral side of the cab. The cab includes an operator's seat, front pillars, a roof portion, first and second guide rails, a front window, a monitor device, a monitor, and a support member. The monitor is supported on a first pillar above the monitor device and has a second display screen larger than a first display screen. The support member supports the monitor so as to be movable between an interference position interfering with a movement region where the front window moves between a closed state and an opened state of an opening, and a non-interference position with no interference. Accordingly, a hydraulic excavator can be obtained in which a large-sized monitor can be arranged on a front side of the cab without interference with a movable front window.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A hydraulic excavator comprising: a cab and a work implement arranged on one lateral side of said cab,
said cab including:
an operator's seat;
front pillars arranged in front of said operator's seat, and having a first pillar arranged on said one lateral side and a second pillar arranged on another lateral side;
a roof portion covering above said operator's seat;
a first guide rail extending along said first and second pillars;
a second guide rail extending along said roof portion;
a front window having an upper end portion and a lower end portion, said upper end portion being movable along said second guide rail, and said lower end portion being movable along said first guide rail;
a first monitor arranged on a side of said first pillar in front of said operator's seat, and having a first display screen;
a second monitor supported on said first pillar above said first monitor, and having a second display screen larger than said first display screen; and
a support member having a base portion attached to a rear side of said first pillar, a rotating unit supported on said base portion rotatably, and a spherical universal joint supporting said second monitor on said rotating unit,
said support member supporting said second monitor so as to be movable to an interference position interfering with a movement region where said front window moves between a closed state and an opened state of an opening formed between said first and second pillars, and a non-interference position with no interference,
wherein when said second monitor is at said non-interference position, said second monitor aligns with said one lateral side such that said second display screen of said second monitor faces said another lateral side.

2. The hydraulic excavator according to claim 1 , wherein said second display screen has an upper edge and a lower edge, and
when said second monitor is at said interference position, said upper edge is arranged more on said front side than said lower edge, and when said second monitor is at said non-interference position, said lower edge is arranged more on the front side than said upper edge.

3. The hydraulic excavator according to claim 1 , wherein when said second monitor is at said non-interference position, said second display screen is oriented toward the lateral side of said cab more than the state where said second monitor is at said interference position.

4. The hydraulic excavator according to claim 1 , wherein said cab further includes a control lever, and
said control lever at a neutral position is arranged to avoid interference with the most rear part of said second monitor.

5. The hydraulic excavator according to claim 1 , further comprising a satellite communication antenna and a communication controller in operative communication with the satellite communication antenna,
wherein the second monitor is configured to display real-time updates of a current position of the hydraulic excavator received from the communication controller.

6. The hydraulic excavator according to claim 1 , wherein when said second monitor is at said non-interference position, said second display screen of said second monitor tilts rearward relative to vertical at a tilt angle.

Assignees

• Komatsu Mfg Co Ltd

Inventors

• Shioji Hiroyuki
• Honma Yoshiaki
• Tsukamoto Daisuke
• Tanaka Hiroaki

Classifications

• B62D33/0617

  for tractors or off-the-road vehicles (protective devices for drivers in case of overturning of tractors B60R21/131) · CPC title

• B60R11/0235

  of flat type, e.g. LCD · CPC title

• E02F9/2292

  Systems with two or more pumps · CPC title

• E02F9/26 Primary

  Indicating devices {(E02F5/145 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• E02F9/0858 Primary

  Arrangement of component parts installed on superstructures not otherwise provided for, e.g. electric components, fenders, air-conditioning units (E02F9/16, E02F9/18 take precedence) · CPC title