Engine room of a wheel loader

• US 8,936,128 B2
• Filed: 02/22/2013
• Issued: 01/20/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
• Inventors: Numa, Yasutaka
• Primary Examiner(s): FOLLMAN, BRODIE J
• Application Number:
  US14/009,372
• Publication Number:
  US 20140238767A1
• Time in Patent Office: 697 Days
• Field of Search: 180/309, 180/68.1, 180/68.3, 180/68.4, 180/69.2, 180/69.25, 180/296, 296/100.09, 296/193.09, 296/193.1, 123/41.01, 123/41.65, 123/41.71, 165/41, 165/51, 165/122
• US Class Current: 180/69.25
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 11/04 Arrangement or mounting of radiators, radiator shutters, or radiator blinds B60K11/085 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 13/04 concerning exhaust collecting exhaust gases with central suction systems not forming part of vehicles, e.g. in workshops or tunnels B08B15/002, otherwise along carriageways E01C1/005; extensions for melting snow on roads E01H5/00, E01H6/00; exhaust or silencing apparatus for internal combustion engines per se F01N; pipes, joints or supports therefor F16L
• CPC Class Codes: B60Y 2200/412 Excavators
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 3/3411 of the Z-type
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/0866 Engine compartment, e.g. heat exchangers, exhaust filters, cooling devices, silencers, mufflers, position of hydraulic pumps in the engine compartment
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/0891 Lids or bonnets or doors or details thereof doors for cabins E02F9/163 takes precedence; for motor vehicles B62D25/10
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 2340/04 characterised by the arrangement of an exhaust pipe, manifold or apparatus in relation to vehicle frame or particular vehicle parts
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 2590/08 for heavy duty applications, e.g. trucks, buses, tractors, locomotives
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 3/021 by means of filters
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 3/2066 Selective catalytic reduction [SCR]
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 50/20 Air quality improvement or preservation, e.g. vehicle emission control or emission reduction by using catalytic converters
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/12 Improving ICE efficiencies

Abstract

A wheel loader comprises an engine, an exhaust gas post-processing device, an engine room, a top plate, a cooling room, a partition wall, and a drainage mechanism. The exhaust gas post-processing device is disposed above the engine in the engine room and includes a diesel particulate filtering device and a selective catalyst reduction catalyst device. The top plate has a sloping part with a height that decreases toward the rear, and a first ventilation part that includes a plurality of through-holes formed in the sloping part. The top plate defines an upper plane of the engine room. The cooling room accommodates a cooling unit and is disposed to the rear of the engine room, separated by the partition wall. The drainage mechanism is disposed below the first ventilation part, and configured to drain water entering the engine room from the first ventilation part to the outside of the engine room.

Claims

1. A wheel loader comprising:

an engine;

an exhaust gas post-processing device disposed above the engine, and including a diesel particulate filtering device and a selective catalyst reduction catalyst device;

an engine room for accommodating the engine and the exhaust gas post-processing device;

a top plate having a sloping part with a height that decreases toward a rear of the engine room, and a first ventilation part that includes a plurality of through-holes formed in the sloping part, the top plate defining an upper plane of the engine room;

a cooling room disposed rearwardly of the engine room and accommodating a cooling unit;

a partition wall that separates the engine room and the cooling room, an entirety of the partition wall extending between the engine and the cooling unit in a widthwise direction of the wheel loader; and

a drainage mechanism that is disposed below the first ventilation part, and adapted to receive water that enters the engine room from the first ventilation part and drain the water to the outside of the engine room.

2. The wheel loader according to claim 1, wherein

the drainage mechanism includes

a receptacle member that is disposed below the first ventilation part, and adapted to receive water that enters the engine room from the first ventilation part, and

a water conveyance member adapted to guide the water collected in the receptacle member to the outside of the engine room.

3. The wheel loader according to claim 2, wherein

the partition wall includes a water drainage outlet,

the receptacle member includes a bottom plate having a through-hole, and side plates extending upward from an outer circumference edge part of the bottom plate, and

the water conveyance member is disposed below the through-hole of the bottom plat;

and adapted to guide water that drips down from the through-hole of the bottom plate through the water drainage outlet of the partition wall into the cooling room.

4. The wheel loader according to claim 2, wherein

the receptacle member has heat insulating properties and is disposed above the diesel particulate filtering device.

5. The wheel loader according to claim 4, wherein

the receptacle member is formed from a steel plate that is treated with a heat resistant coating.

6. The wheel loader according to claim 4, wherein

the receptacle member contains at least one selected from the group consisting of aluminum, an aluminum alloy, and stainless steel.

7. The wheel loader according to claim 1, wherein

the sloping part of the top plate defines a rear part upper plane of the engine room;

and

the top plate further includes a flat part that extends horizontally frontward from a front edge of the sloping part, and that defines a front part upper plane of the engine room.

8. The wheel loader according to claim 7, wherein

the top plate further includes a pair of side wall parts that extend downward from both side edges of the flat part and the sloping part;

and

the side wall parts include a second ventilation part having a plurality of through-holes.

9. The wheel loader according to claim 8, wherein

the through-holes of the second ventilation part each have an eave part.

10. The wheel loader according to claim 1, wherein

the partition wall is substantially planar.

11. A wheel loader comprising:

an engine;

an exhaust gas post-processing device disposed above the engine, and including a diesel particulate filtering device and a selective catalyst reduction catalyst device;

an engine room for accommodating the engine and the exhaust gas post-processing device;

a top plate having a sloping part with a height that decreases toward a rear of the engine room, and a first ventilation part that includes a plurality of through-holes formed in the sloping part, the top plate defining an upper plane of the engine room;

a cooling room disposed rearwardly of the engine room and accommodating a cooling unit;

a partition wall that separates the engine room and the cooling room; and

a drainage mechanism that is disposed below the first ventilation part, and adapted to receive water that enters the engine room from the first ventilation part and drain the water to the outside of the engine room, the drainage mechanism including

a receptacle member disposed below the first ventilation part, and adapted to receive water that enters the engine room from the first ventilation part, and

a water conveyance member adapted to guide the water collected in the receptacle member to the outside of the engine room;

the partition wall including a water drainage outlet,

the receptacle member including a bottom plate having a through-hole, and side plates extending upward from an outer circumference edge part of the bottom plate, and

the water conveyance member being disposed below the through-hole of the bottom plate, and adapted to guide water that drips down from the through-hole of the bottom plate through the water drainage outlet of the partition wall into the cooling room.