US 12,457,927 B2
Electric work vehicle drive arrangement
Taro Tsunashima, Tobe-cho (JP); Ryutaro Masuda, Tobe-cho (JP); and Yusuke Baba, Tobe-cho (JP)
Assigned to ISEKI & CO., LTD., Matsuyama (JP)
Filed by ISEKI & CO., LTD., Matsuyama (JP)
Filed on Aug. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/820,158.
Prior Publication US 2023/0055171 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. A01D 34/78 (2006.01); A01D 34/64 (2006.01); A01D 43/063 (2006.01); A01D 69/02 (2006.01); A01D 101/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01D 34/64 (2013.01) [A01D 34/78 (2013.01); A01D 43/063 (2013.01); A01D 2101/00 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A work vehicle comprising:
a pair of left and right front wheels provided at a front portion of a traveling vehicle body;
a pair of left and right rear wheels provided at a rear portion of the traveling vehicle body; and
a work machine provided on a lower surface of the traveling vehicle body, wherein
a hood is provided at the front portion of the traveling vehicle body, and a control portion on which an operator rides is provided at a rear side of the hood,
a first electric motor configured to drive the rear wheels and a second electric motor configured to drive the work machine are provided on a lower rear side of a control seat of the control portion, and
a battery configured to store electric power supplied to the first electric motor and the second electric motor is provided in a space formed by the hood, wherein a first output shaft of the first electric motor is provided along a left-right direction, and a second output shaft of the second electric motor is provided along a front-rear direction,
a gear box configured to transmit an output rotation of the first output shaft to a lower drive shaft is provided on one side of the first electric motor,
the rear wheels and the gear box are coupled by the drive shaft, and the second electric motor is provided below the first electric motor, and
the second output shaft is provided above the drive shaft.