WORK VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH REAR MONITORING CAMERA APPARATUS

• US 20120146361A1
• Filed: 08/11/2011
• Published: 06/14/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
• Inventors: Nagami, Kouji, Yomogita, Makoto, Miyazaki, Masamichi, Matsumoto, Jun
• Granted Patent: US 8,342,597 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 296/190.09
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/0858 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 Class Codes: E02F 9/163 Structures to protect drivers, e.g. cabins, doors for cabins; Falling object protection structure [FOPS]; Roll over protection structure [ROPS] for handrails mounted on cabins E02F9/0833 takes precedence; for vehicles in general B60R21/11, B60R21/13, for fork-lift trucks B66F9/07545
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/261 Surveying the work-site to be treated

Abstract

A work vehicle includes a cab, an air conditioner casing, an air conditioner unit and a rear monitoring camera. The air conditioner casing is attached to a rear upper part of the cab and includes a downwardly opened recess on a bottom face thereof. The air conditioner unit is accommodated in the air conditioner casing. The rear monitoring camera includes a main body accommodated in the recess of the air conditioner casing.

Claims

1. A work vehicle, comprising:

a cab;

an air conditioner casing attached to a rear upper part of the cab, the air conditioner casing including a recess opening on a bottom face;

an air conditioner unit and a first cooling fan accommodated in the air conditioner casing; and

a rear monitoring camera including a main body accommodated in the recess of the air conditioner casing,

the air conditioner casing including a blower part cover forming a wind path of blown wind from the first cooling fan, and

the blower part cover including a wind shielding cover, the wind shielding cover forming an inner wall of the recess, the wind shielding cover covering the main body of the rear monitoring camera for shielding against the blown wind.

2. The work vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising

a condenser accommodated in the air conditioner casing, the condenser disposed along a transverse direction of the work vehicle, and

a second cooling fan accommodated in the air conditioner casing, the second cooling fan being disposed adjacent to the first cooling fan in the transverse direction, wherein

the blower part cover covers rear sides of the first and second cooling fans, the blower part cover forming a wind flow path for blown wind from the first and second cooling fans.

3. The work vehicle according to claim 2, wherein

the wind shielding cover is disposed in a clearance between the first and second cooling fans without being overlapped with the first and second cooling fans when transparently viewed from a rear side.

4. The work vehicle according to claim 3, wherein

each of the first and second cooling fans includes a rotation shaft disposed along a longitudinal direction of the work vehicle, and

the rear monitoring camera is positioned lower than the rotation shafts of the first and second cooling fans in a vertical direction of the work vehicle, the rear monitoring camera being disposed in the middle of the rotation shafts of the first and second cooling fans in the transverse direction.

5. The work vehicle according to claim 3, wherein

the rear monitoring camera is attached to the wind shielding cover through an anti-vibration rubber.

6. The work vehicle according to claim 4, wherein

the rear monitoring camera is attached to the wind shielding cover through an anti-vibration rubber.