US 12,325,973 B2
Work vehicle
Satoshi Takaki, Sakai (JP); and Kosuke Hattori, Sakai (JP)
Assigned to KUBOTA CORPORATION, Osaka (JP)
Filed by Kubota Corporation, Osaka (JP)
Filed on Nov. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/993,991.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-011087 (JP), filed on Jan. 27, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0235531 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. E02F 9/08 (2006.01)
CPC E02F 9/0866 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A work vehicle comprising:
a vehicle body frame;
a cabin provided on the vehicle body frame;
a first arm provided on a left side of the cabin;
a second arm provided on a right side of the cabin, the right side being opposite to the left side in a width direction, the first arm and the second arm being configured to rotatably support a work implement;
a bonnet cover provided on the vehicle body frame in a height direction perpendicular to the width direction, the bonnet cover comprising:
an air intake through which air is taken into a a space surrounded by the vehicle body frame and the bonnet cover; and
a first opening provided between the air intake and the cabin in a front-rear direction perpendicular to the height direction and to the width direction;
an engine provided behind the cabin in the front-rear direction inside the space to generate motive power to move the first arm and the second arm;
an exhaust treatment device provided in the space and connected to the engine to treat exhaust from the engine;
a heat exchanger provided between the air intake and the engine in the height direction;
a fan provided in the space to suck the air through the air intake to air-cool the heat exchanger;
an exhaust pipe passing through the first opening and including:
an intake port connected to the exhaust treatment device; and
an exhaust port provided outside the space opposite to the intake port;
a muffler cover provided on the bonnet cover in the height direction and covering the first opening, the muffler cover including a second opening in a portion facing the exhaust port, the second opening being opened rearward in the front-rear direction; and
a baffle plate configured to cover a gap between the bonnet cover and the exhaust port in the height direction.