Work vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9914487-B2
Application number	US-201615341291-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 2, 2016
Priority date	Nov 6, 2015
Publication date	Mar 13, 2018
Grant date	Mar 13, 2018

Abstract

A work vehicle includes: a vehicle body frame; a prime mover part that is supported by the vehicle body frame; a bonnet that is configured to vertically swing between a closed position at which the prime mover part is covered, and an open position at which the prime mover part is open; and a support frame that supports a free end side of the bonnet located at the closed position. At least left and right guide-target parts of the bonnet or left and right guiding parts of the support frame have left and right inclined surfaces that serve as centering effective surfaces.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A work vehicle comprising:
a vehicle body frame;
a prime mover part that is supported by the vehicle body frame;
a bonnet that is configured to vertically swing between a closed position at which the prime mover part is covered, and an open position at which the prime mover part is open; and
a support frame that supports a free end side of the bonnet located at the closed position;
wherein
the bonnet is provided with, in free end parts of left and right inner side surfaces of the bonnet, left and right guide-target parts that are arranged in at least lower end portions of the free end parts,
the support frame is provided with left and right guiding parts that are located at the same height as an upper end of the prime mover part, and are configured to come into contact with the left and right guide-target parts when the bonnet swings downward to the closed position, so as to enable the bonnet to be centered with respect to the vehicle body frame, and
at least the left and right guide-target parts or the left and right guiding parts have left and right inclined surfaces that serve as centering effective surfaces.

2. The work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the bonnet is provided with, in the free end parts of the left and right inner side surfaces of the bonnet, left and right longitudinal members that have a vertical length that spans the lower end portions of the bonnet and an upper end side of the bonnet,
the left and right longitudinal members are close to and run along left and right outer side surfaces of the support frame when the bonnet is located at the closed position, and
the left and right guide-target parts respectively have the inclined surfaces that are inclined laterally outward of the vehicle body toward the free end side of the bonnet, and are provided in free end parts of the left and right longitudinal members.

3. The work vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the left and right guide-target parts are detachably attached to the left and right longitudinal members.

4. The work vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein
the left and right guide-target parts are respectively provided with first members that are configured to be attached to and detached from the left and right longitudinal members, and second members that are configured to be attached to and detached from the first members, and
the left and right second members are made of resin, and have the inclined surfaces.

5. The work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the bonnet is provided with, in the free end parts of the left and right inner side surfaces of the bonnet, left and right longitudinal members that have a vertical length that spans the lower end portions of the bonnet and an upper end side of the bonnet,
the left and right longitudinal members are close to and run along left and right outer side surfaces of the support frame when the bonnet is located at the closed position, and
the left and right guide-target parts respectively have the inclined surfaces that are inclined laterally outward of the vehicle body toward a lower end side of the bonnet, and are provided in lower end parts of the left and right longitudinal members.

6. The work vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein the left and right guide-target parts are detachably attached to the left and right longitudinal members.

7. The work vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein
the left and right guide-target parts are respectively provided with first members that are configured to be attached to and detached from the left and right longitudinal members, and second members that are configured to be attached to and detached from the first members, and
the left and right second members are made of resin, and have the inclined surfaces.

8. A work vehicle comprising:
a bonnet including a plurality of sheet metal members that have adjacent edges that are welded to each other,
wherein
the plurality of sheet metal members extend toward the inside of the bonnet so that the adjacent edges have adjacent surfaces that face each other, and
extension ends of the adjacent edges are welded to each other in a state in which the adjacent edges are arranged at a predetermined gap between the adjacent surfaces that face each other.

9. The work vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein the bonnet has first coated surfaces that are obtained by coating surfaces of the sheet metal members, and a second coated surface that is obtained by coating the gap, the first coated surfaces and the second coated surface being formed flush with each other.

10. A work vehicle comprising:
a vehicle body frame;
a bonnet that is configured to open and close by swinging about a first pivot shaft that is located in a front end part of the vehicle body frame, and is orientated in a left-right direction; and
a front guard that is located immediately in front of the bonnet, and protects the bonnet,
wherein
the front guard is provided with left and right first guard members whose lower end parts are fixed and coupled to the vehicle body frame, and a second guard member that is located between the left and right first guard members,
the left and right first guard members have a left-right distance that is larger than a left-right width of the bonnet, and allow the bonnet to be inserted into a space between the left and right first guard members,
the second guard member is configured to swing in a front-rear direction about a second pivot shaft that is located in the front end part of the vehicle body frame and is orientated in the left-right direction, between a guard position at which the second guard member is located immediately in front of the bonnet at the closed position, and a retracted position at which the second guard member allows the bonnet to swing to the open position, and
front end parts of the left and right first guard members are located further forward of a vehicle body than a front end part of the second guard member located at the guard position is.

11. The work vehicle according to claim 10 , wherein the front end parts of the left and right first guard members are located in the vicinity of the lower end parts.

12. The work vehicle according to claim 10 , wherein
the left and right first guard members each have a lower-side first bent part and an upper-side second bent part that are bent along fold lines that are orientated in the front-rear direction,
the left and right first guard members are formed so as to have a left-right distance on a lower end part side that is smaller than a left-right distance on an upper part side allowing the bonnet to be inserted into a space between the left and right first guard members on the upper part side, and
the left and right first guard members respectively have the front end parts that are formed in the first bent parts or portions adjacent to the first bent parts.

13. The work vehicle according to claim 10 , wherein
the front guard is provided with a coupling member that has a left-right width that spans the lower end parts of the left and right first guard members, and couples the lower end parts of the left and right first guard members, and
the coupling member is joined to a front end surface of the vehicle body frame.

14. The work vehicle according to claim 10 , wherein the front guard is provided with a coupling mechanism that couples the second guard member at the guard position to either or both of the left and right first guard members.

15. The work vehicle according to claim 10 , wherein
the second guard member has a longitudinal wall part that faces a front face of the bonnet

Assignees

• Kubota Kk

Inventors

• Matsumoto Koichiro
• Yamashita Nobuyuki
• Kawabata Hiroshi
• Yamamoto Tomohisa
• Akita Masayuki
• Teraoka Tasuku
• Tonoya Yoshihisa

Classifications

• B60Y2200/223

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• B62D25/12 Primary

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• B60R19/52

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