VEHICLE

• US 20130034415A1
• Filed: 08/03/2012
• Published: 02/07/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Central Japan Railway Company, Nippon Sharyo Limited (Central Japan Railway Company)
• Original Assignee: Central Japan Railway Company, Nippon Sharyo Limited (Central Japan Railway Company)
• Inventors: OGITA, Noriyuki, SAKURAI, Kazunari, MAEDA, Ryou, KOBAYASHI, Kazuki, YAMASHITA, Koshu
• Application Number:
  US13/566,379
• Publication Number:
  US 20130034415A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 414/546
• CPC Class Codes: B60P 1/6472 fitted with articulated boom load arms for lateral displacement of the container

Abstract

Provided is a vehicle that controls operation of a loading/unloading apparatus based on a manipulation instruction from a manipulation remote control unit and can ensure safety when loading/unloading a load. An opening window is formed to be open on the rear side of an operator cab and an LCD displaying the operation state of a loading/unloading apparatus is installed, with the display surface facing the opening window, in the operator cab. Therefore, it is possible to check the display of the LCD from the outside of the operator cab through the opening window. Therefore, an operator can perform manipulation while acquiring the information on the operation state of the loading/unloading apparatus from the LCD, such that it is possible to ensure safety when loading/unloading a load by manipulating the manipulation remote control unit.

Claims

1. A vehicle comprising:

a vehicle body where a load is loaded, an operator cab installed at one side in the forward and rearward direction of the vehicle body, a loading/unloading apparatus installed on the vehicle body that is the rear side of the operator cab and loading/unloading the load, a display unit displaying the operation state of the loading/unloading apparatus and installed in the operator cab, and a controller controlling the operation of the loading/unloading apparatus,

wherein the controller includes a connection section installed at one side in the forward and rearward direction of the vehicle body further than the loading/unloading apparatus and connected with a manipulation remote control unit and controls the operation of the loading/unloading apparatus based on a manipulation instruction from the manipulation remote control unit connected to the connection section,

the loading/unloading apparatus includes;

rotary shafts installed in the vehicle body such that axial directions thereof coincide with a forward and rearward direction of the vehicle body;

a pair of booms supported by the vehicle body via the rotary shaft to be rotatable toward a left and right direction of the vehicle body and installed at front and rear sides of the vehicle body at a predetermined interval; and

a working beam installed between the pair of booms and suspending and maintaining the load such that as the pair of booms are rotated in the left and right direction of the vehicle body, the load is loaded/unloaded,

the operator cab has an opening window formed to be open at the rear side opposite the loading/unloading apparatus, and

the display unit has a display surface facing the opening window.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the controller includes a load factor acquiring section acquiring a load factor of the loading/unloading apparatus, a first reference value determining section determining whether the load factor of the loading/unloading apparatus acquired by the load factor acquiring section reaches a first reference value, and a stopping section stopping the operation of the loading/unloading apparatus when the first reference value determining section determines that the load factor of the loading/unloading apparatus has reached the first reference value.

3. The vehicle according to claim 2, wherein the manipulation remote control unit includes a speaker unit that sounds, and

the controller includes a second reference determining section determining whether the load factor of the loading/unloading apparatus has reached a second reference value that is smaller in load factor than at least the first reference value and a sound instruction section sounding from the speaker unit of the manipulation remote control unit when the second reference value determining section determines that the load factor of the loading/unloading apparatus has reached the second reference value.

4. The vehicle according to claim 2, further comprising:

a display lamp installed at the working beam and emitting light, wherein the controller includes a third reference value determining section determining whether the load factor of the loading/unloading apparatus has reached a third reference value that is smaller in load factor than at least the first reference value and a light emission instruction section at least changing the light emission state of the display lamp when the third reference value determining section determines that the load factor of the loading/unloading apparatus has reached the third reference value.

5. The vehicle according to claim 4, wherein the display lamp is installed to protrude upward from the upper surface of the working beam.

6. The vehicle according to claim 5, wherein the controller further includes a connection section, where the manipulation remote control unit is connected and that is installed at the other side in the forward and rearward direction of the vehicle body further than the loading/unloading apparatus, and controls the operation of the loading/unloading apparatus based on a manipulation instruction from the manipulation remote control unit connected to any one of the connection section, and

the position of the display lamp installed to protrude upward from the upper surface of the working beam is the center in the longitudinal direction of the working beam.

7. The vehicle according to claim 6, further comprising:

an operator cab having an opening window opened at the rear side opposite the loading/unloading apparatus and installed at the other side in the forward and rearward direction of the vehicle body; and

a display unit installed in the operator cab and having a display surface facing the opening window.