Work vehicle

• US 9,902,292 B2
• Filed: 05/26/2016
• Issued: 02/27/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kubota Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kubota Corporation
• Inventors: Wakabayashi, Katsuhiro, Tateishi, Kodai, Hirooka, Yoshimi, Nakao, Kohta, Nagatomi, Tatsuya
• Primary Examiner(s): WALTERS, JOHN DANIEL
• Application Number:
  US15/164,940
• Publication Number:
  US 20170036717A1
• Time in Patent Office: 642 Days
• Field of Search: 180 684, 180 686, 180 681, 180 682, 180309
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/00285 for vehicle seats vehicle seats with heating or ventilation means independent from the HVAC system of the vehicle B60N2/56
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/16 the air being heated by direct contact with the plant, e.g. air-cooled motor
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 11/04 Arrangement or mounting of radiators, radiator shutters, or radiator blinds B60K11/085 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 11/06 with air cooling
• 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: B60K 2005/003 the internal combustion or jet propulsion unit is arranged between the front and the rear axle
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/005 Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles , e.g. dismountable auxiliary seatsB60N2/02 takes precedence ; for railway vehicles B61D1/04
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/3031 in a longitudinal-vertical plane
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/305 the cushion being hinged on the vehicle frame
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/68 Seat frames
• CPC Class Codes: B60P 1/04 with a tipping movement of load-transporting element dredgers or soil-shifting machines E02F3/00
• CPC Class Codes: B60P 3/423 from transport of persons to transport of goods
• CPC Class Codes: B60Y 2200/20 Off-Road Vehicles

Abstract

A work vehicle provided with a boarding section and an engine is disclosed. The boarding section is provided with a seat that allows an occupant to be seated thereon. The engine is located below the seat. A separator is provided to separate a foot space for an occupant and the engine from each other. The foot space is formed forward of the engine. The separator is provided with a radiator part formed therein. The radiator part is configured to radiate heat.

Claims

1. A work vehicle comprising:

a boarding section provided with a seat that allows an occupant to be seated thereon;

an engine located below the seat; and

a separator that separates a foot space for an occupant and the engine from each other along a front-rear direction of the work vehicle, the foot space being formed forward of the engine, the separator being provided with a radiator part formed therein, the radiator part being configured to radiate heat.

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

a cooling fan provided between the engine and the separator, and configured to be driven by power from the engine.

3. The work vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the radiator part is configured with a plurality of protruding members formed on a surface of the separator on the foot space'"'"'s side.

4. The work vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the radiator part is located forward of a front end portion of a seat part of the seat.

5. The work vehicle according to claim 1, wherein

the seat is provided as a front seat and a rear seat,

the front seat includes a driver'"'"'s seat, and

the foot space is formed for the rear seat, and the separator is provided between the foot space and the engine.

6. The work vehicle according to claim 5, wherein

the rear seat is configured to be changeable to an in-use state in which the rear seat allows an occupant to be seated thereon and a retracted state in which the rear seat does not allow an occupant to be seated thereon,

a load carrying platform is provided rearward of the boarding section,

the load carrying platform is configured to be changeable to a shortened state and an extended state in which the load carrying platform is extended further forward than in the shortened state,

when the rear seat is in the in-use state and the load carrying platform is in the shortened state, the rear seat is located immediately above the engine, and

when the rear seat is in the retracted state and the load carrying platform is in the extended state, the load carrying platform is located immediately above the engine.