Construction machine with cab noise reduction device

• US 8,590,668 B2
• Filed: 09/08/2009
• Issued: 11/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Klaus Schmidt, Kobelco Construction Machinery Company Limited (Kobe Steel Limited)
• Original Assignee: Klaus Schmidt, Kobelco Construction Machinery Company Limited (Kobe Steel Limited)
• Inventors: Kimura, Yasumasa, Ueda, Kazuhiro, Masuda, Kyoko
• Primary Examiner(s): Warren, David
• Assistant Examiner(s): RUSSELL, CHRISTINA MARIE
• Application Number:
  US13/062,871
• Publication Number:
  US 20110162908A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,540 Days
• Field of Search: 181/211, 181/210, 181/200
• US Class Current: 181/211
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 13/0815 Acoustic or thermal insulation of passenger compartments wall or roof liners integrating the insulating function B60R13/02; insulating floor mats or carpets B60N3/04
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 33/06 Drivers' cabs overhead guards, e.g. against loads falling down B60R21/11; roll-over protection B60R21/13
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 33/0604 Cabs insulated against vibrations or noise, e.g. with elastic suspension resilient connections between superstructure sub-units B62D27/04; damping noise in general G10K11/00; for vehicles in general B60R13/08
• 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: G10K 11/172 using resonance effects

Abstract

A construction machine capable of effectively reducing noise which would intrude into a cab, without deterioration in ride quality, comfort and air-conditioning efficiency in the cab is provided. The construction machine includes a lower propelling body, an upper slewing body including an upper frame, a cab including a floor plate and installed on the upper frame, and a cab noise reduction device. The cab noise reduction device includes: the floor plate; an under-cab member including a cab deck supporting the cab and provided under the cab to define a closed-form under-cab space whose periphery is substantially closed, in cooperation with the floor plate; and a resonator reducing noise in the under-cab space by a resonance effect.

Claims

1. A construction machine, comprising:

a lower propelling body;

an upper slewing body including an upper frame and slewably mounted on the lower propelling body;

a cab including a floor plate and being installed on the upper frame;

and a cab noise reduction device, the cab noise reduction device comprising;

the floor plate;

an under-cab member including a cab deck supporting the cab and being provided under the cab to define a closed-form under-cab space whose periphery is substantially closed, in cooperation with the floor plate; and

a Helmholtz resonator provided in the under-cab space to reduce noise intruding into the under-cab space by a resonance effect,

wherein the resonator includes;

a hollow body portion having a sidewall; and

an opening provided in the sidewall of the body portion and being uncovered when the cab is installed on the upper frame, to let an internal space of the body portion and the under-cab space outside the body portion communicate with each other through the opening.

2. The construction machine as defined in claim 1, wherein the resonator is formed so as to have a resonance frequency equal to or less than 400 Hz.

3. The construction machine as defined in claim 1, wherein the under-cab member has a hollow box-shaped portion whose periphery is substantially closed, and wherein an opening is provided in the hollow box-shaped portion to form the resonator including the hollow box-shaped portion as the body portion.

4. The construction machine as defined in claim 3, wherein the under-cab member includes:

a box-shaped frame extending in a rightward-leftward direction or a frontward-rearward direction of the construction machine; and

a partition plate which partitions an internal space of the box-shaped frame into a plurality of spaces to form the body portion in cooperation with the box-shaped frame.

5. The construction machine as defined in claim 3, wherein the under-cab member includes a plurality of mounting seats each having a cab mounting member attached thereonto to support the cab from lower side thereof, and wherein at least one of the mounting seats is formed into a hollow box shape whose periphery is substantially closed, to form the body portion.

6. A construction machine, comprising:

a lower propelling body;

an upper slewing body including an upper frame and slewably mounted on the lower propelling body;

a cab including a floor plate and being installed on the upper frame;

and a cab noise reduction device, the cab noise reduction device comprising;

the floor plate;

an under-cab member including a cab deck supporting the cab and being provided under the cab to define a closed-form under-cab space whose periphery is substantially closed, in cooperation with the floor plate; and

a resonator provided in the under-cab space to reduce noise intruding into the under-cab space by a resonance effect,

wherein the resonator includes;

a hollow body portion having a sidewall; and

an opening provided in the sidewall of the body portion to let an internal space of the body portion and the under-cab space outside the body portion communicate with each other through the opening,

wherein the resonator is disposed so as to locate the opening thereof in at least one of a plurality of positions corresponding to respective anti-nodes of a sound pressure at resonance in the under-cab space.

7. The construction machine as defined in claim 6, wherein the resonator is disposed so as to locate the opening thereof adjacent to at least one of two or more wall surfaces partially defining the under-cab space and facing the anti-nodes of the sound pressure.

8. The construction machine as defined in claim 7, wherein the resonator is disposed so as to locate the opening thereof in at least one of a plurality of corners of the under-cab space at respective ends of the wall surfaces.

9. The construction machine as defined in claim 8, wherein the resonator is disposed at each of a plurality of positions so as to locate the opening in each of all the corners of the under-cab space at the ends of the wall surfaces.