US 12,240,399 B2
Work vehicle
Ryota Shimizu, Sakai (JP); and Hiroyuki Suzuki, Sakai (JP)
Assigned to Kubota Corporation, Osaka (JP)
Filed by Kubota Corporation, Osaka (JP)
Filed on Apr. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/130,988.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-066362 (JP), filed on Apr. 13, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0331183 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 21/13 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 21/13 (2013.01) 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A work vehicle comprising:
left and right front wheels located in a front portion of a vehicle body of the work vehicle;
left and right rear wheels located in a rear portion of the vehicle body;
a driver section located at an intermediate position of the vehicle body in a front-rear direction, and including a driver seat;
a ROPS frame comprising left and right front columns and left and right rear columns, and covering the driver section; and
a plurality of suspension mechanisms supporting the front wheels and the rear wheels to the vehicle body such that the front wheels and the rear wheels are individually movable up and down,
wherein the ROPS frame is attached to positions immediately above, or in a vicinity of, vehicle body-side support sections of the suspension mechanisms, and
wherein the left and right front columns of the ROPS frame are respectively directly attached to the vehicle body-side support sections of left and right suspension mechanisms supporting the left and right front wheels, among the plurality of suspension mechanisms, the left and right front columns being directly attached by being received within the vehicle body-side support sections of the left and right suspension mechanisms.