US 12,460,387 B2
Work machine
Kazuyoshi Okabe, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to KOMATSU LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/004,406
Filed by KOMATSU LTD., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jul. 19, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/027032
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 5, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/070562, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 7, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-165734 (JP), filed on Sep. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0295900 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. E02F 9/26 (2006.01); E02F 3/28 (2006.01); E02F 9/08 (2006.01); E02F 9/24 (2006.01); G01S 7/02 (2006.01); G01S 13/931 (2020.01); E02F 9/18 (2006.01)
CPC E02F 9/26 (2013.01) [E02F 3/283 (2013.01); E02F 9/0841 (2013.01); E02F 9/0866 (2013.01); E02F 9/24 (2013.01); G01S 7/028 (2021.05); G01S 13/931 (2013.01); E02F 9/0891 (2013.01); E02F 9/18 (2013.01); G01S 2013/93271 (2020.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A work machine comprising:
a vehicle body including a front frame and a rear frame, traveling wheels being disposed on the front frame, traveling wheels being disposed the rear frame, the rear frame being relatively operably connected to the front frame by an articulated mechanism; and
a plurality of radar devices positioned on right and left sides of a central axis that extends along a front-rear direction of the rear frame, the plurality of radar devices being installed at a rear part of the vehicle body,
each radar device of the plurality of radar devices including a detector configured to detect an object, and the detector being installed facing outward from a direction parallel to the central axis,
the vehicle body further including
an engine room disposed in the rear frame and housing an engine, and
a counterweight disposed at a rear part of the rear frame,
the engine room including,
a main body part including an opening at rear end thereof, and
a grille disposed above the counterweight so as to block the opening of the main body part,
a part of the counterweight being located behind the engine room,
the grille including
a panel part including a grid-like part provided on a rear surface of the panel part, and
a structural member supporting the panel part, the structural member being provided in a frame shape around the grid-like part, and
the plurality of radar devices being attached to the structural member of the grille so as to be disposed on a rear side of the grid-like part.