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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2009
Applicant:
Isao Miyachi, Hiroshima, JP;
Inventor:
Isao Miyachi, Hiroshima, JP;
Assignee:
Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., Hiroshima-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 25/10 (2006.01); B60K 15/067 (2006.01); B60K 15/073 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a compact excavator of the type wherein an opening portion of an engine room with a fuel tank installed therein is opened and closed with a bonnet and an operator's seat is provided on the bonnet, a load transfer member is provided on an upper surface of the fuel tank in a state in which a load receiving portion is in contact with the bonnet, so that a total load comprising the weight of the operator's seat, the weight of an operator sitting on the operator's seat and the weight of the bonnet is transmitted from the bonnet to the fuel tank as a force of pressing down the tank from above.