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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2012
Akihiro Asada, Kawachinagano, JP;
Yoshihisa Tahara, Sakai, JP;
Kiyokazu Fujibayashi, Izumi, JP;
Kubota Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A tractor includes: a driver's compartment; an engine compartment; a partitioning member that partitions the driver's compartment and engine compartment and has a through-hole; a steering wheel provided in the driver's compartment; a power steering unit disposed on the engine compartment side; a steering shaft that extends from the steering wheel and is connected to the power steering unit; an elastic sealing member provided in an inner circumferential portion of the through-hole; and an anti-vibration member. The elastic sealing member includes a supported portion supported to the inner circumferential portion and a ring-shaped lip portion protruding downward from one end of the supported portion. The power steering unit is mounted to the partitioning member via the anti-vibration member, the ring-shaped lip portion is elastically clamped to the upper face of the power steering unit, and the steering shaft is connected to the power steering unit while inserted in the through-hole.