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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2007
Applicants:
Tomoya Taniuchi, Hiroshima, JP;
Koji Yonezawa, Hiroshima, JP;
Inventors:
Tomoya Taniuchi, Hiroshima, JP;
Koji Yonezawa, Hiroshima, JP;
Assignee:
Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., Hiroshima-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 3/00 (2006.01); B60K 11/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a hydraulic excavator, in a rear part of an upper rotating body mounted on a lower traveling body is disposed an engine room, and in a front surface of a partition wall for partitioning the front surface side of the engine room from the exterior is provided a step serving as a foothold for opening and closing a bonnet and performing maintenance work. On the lower side of the step, a duct for exhausting the air within the engine room to the exterior is formed in a state that the step serves as an upper surface wall of the duct.