US 12,485,976 B2
Work vehicle
Shinya Tabata, Sakai (JP); and Yuki Monde, Sakai (JP)
Assigned to Kubota Corporation, Osaka (JP)
Filed by Kubota Corporation, Osaka (JP)
Filed on Dec. 3, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/966,823.
Claims priority of application No. 2024-060013 (JP), filed on Apr. 3, 2024.
Prior Publication US 2025/0313282 A1, Oct. 9, 2025
Int. Cl. B62D 33/06 (2006.01); B60R 21/13 (2006.01); B62D 25/20 (2006.01); B62D 63/04 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 33/0617 (2013.01) [B60R 21/13 (2013.01); B62D 25/2018 (2013.01); B62D 63/04 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A work vehicle, comprising:
a body;
a travel device attached to and supporting the body;
a driver's seat on the body;
a passenger's seat on the body and lateral to the driver's seat;
a steering wheel manually operable by a driver on the driver's seat to steer the work vehicle; and
a support frame positioned above a lower portion of the body, extending laterally, and coupled to a pair of right and left sections of the body which right and left sections are forward of the driver's seat and the passenger's seat,
wherein the steering wheel is attached to the support frame, and
wherein the support frame comprises:
a first lateral frame member positioned above the lower portion of the body, extending laterally, and coupled to the right and left sections of the body;
a second lateral frame member positioned above the first lateral frame member, extending laterally, and coupled to the right and left sections of the body; and
a first vertical frame member extending vertically and coupled to the first lateral frame member and the second lateral frame member,
wherein the first vertical frame member is forward of the driver's seat, and
the steering wheel is attached to the first vertical frame member, and
wherein the work vehicle further comprises a third lateral frame member forward of the driver's seat and the passenger's seat relative to the body, extending laterally, and coupled to the first vertical frame member and one of a right end portion and a left end portion of the body which faces the passenger's seat.