SUPPORT MECHANISM, EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT UNIT, AND WHEEL LOADER

• Main Authors: OTA, MASAYA, KITAOKA, HISATO, HONDA, TOSHIMITSU, KAMIMAE, TAKESHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 13.01.2016
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS INVEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OFTRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GASEXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS, IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; BLASTING; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TOTRANSPORTATION; DREDGING; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; FOUNDATIONS; FRAMES, CASINGS, OR BEDS OF ENGINES OR OTHER MACHINES ORAPPARATUS NOT SPECIFIC TO AN ENGINE, MACHINE, OR APPARATUSPROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNALCOMBUSTION ENGINES; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES ORENGINES IN GENERAL; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; HEATING; HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO ASPECTS CROSS-CUTTING VEHICLETECHNOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; LIGHTING; MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING; STANDS OR SUPPORTS; STEAM ENGINES; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; WEAPONS

An object of the present invention is to provide a supporting mechanism that enables an exhaust treatment device to be disposed in a position as low as possible so that rearward visibility may be improved in a work vehicle in which the exhaust treatment device is disposed above the engine. A supporting mechanism according to a first aspect of the present invention supports a first exhaust treatment device and a second exhaust treatment device for treating exhaust gas from an engine and is provided with a base member, a first supporting member, and a second supporting member. The base member includes a first connecting part, a second connecting part, a first pipe member, and a second pipe member. The base member supports the first exhaust treatment device and the second exhaust treatment device. The first supporting member supports one side of the base member. The second supporting member supports the other side of the base member. The first connecting part is joined with the first supporting member. The second connecting part is joined with the second supporting member. The first pipe member and the second pipe member are disposed side by side on an identical horizontal plane. An opening section is formed by the edges of the first pipe member, the second pipe member, the first connecting part, and the second connecting part.