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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2015
Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., Hiroshima-shi, JP;
Toshiro Ueta, Hiroshima, JP;
KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD., Hiroshima-shi, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an upper slewing body allowing elements to be compactly arranged while preventing required length of a hydraulic pipe from increase. The upper slewing body includes an upper frame, an engine, a hydraulic pump coupled thereto, a control valve forward of the engine and rearward of a slewing axis, and a rear tank between the engine and the control valve. The control valve is oblique to a frame lateral direction so as to locate a front end portion thereof forward of an inner end portion thereof. The rear tank has a rear opposition side surface opposed to a rear side surface of the control valve while being oblique to the rear side surface thereto.