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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2009
Shohei Kamiya, Tsuchiura, JP;
Masanori Ezawa, Tsuchiura, JP;
Kazunori Nakamura, Tsuchiura, JP;
Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A mounting structure for an NOx reduction system for a construction machine is provided for relaxing restrictions on a space for the arrangement of the NOx reduction system. The mounting structure includes a urea-water SCR catalyst for reducing and purifying nitrogen oxides emitted from an engine, a urea water spray device for spraying urea water into an exhaust passage of the engine, a urea water feeder for feeding the urea water to the urea water spray device, a first urea-water tank and second urea-water tank for storing the urea water to be guided to the urea water feeder, and a controller for controlling drive of the urea water spray device and urea water feeder. A counterweight is provided with a cavity formed therein, the urea water feeder, first urea-water tank, second urea-water tank and controller are integrally arranged as an assembly arranged in the cavity of the counterweight.