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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2012
Komatsu Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Kurihara, Hiratsuka, JP;
Masaomi Machida, Hiratsuka, JP;
Dai Tsubone, Hiratsuka, JP;
Yukihiro Nakanishi, Hiratsuka, JP;
Tomikazu Tanuki, Fujisawa, JP;
Shinji Mitsuta, Hiratsuka, JP;
Shigeru Harada, Chigasaki, JP;
Eishin Masutani, Hiratsuka, JP;
Komatsu Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A dump truck includes radars attached, facing backward, to a position projected sideward a front fender extended from a lower deck to an upper deck of a front side of the vehicle, in which an irradiation beam has an angle of dip to cross at least a front wheel; and radars attached, facing sideward, to the side of the lower deck, and the radars and the radars are arranged such that a horizontal forward detection limit line of each of the radar and a horizontal backward detection limit line of each of the radar overlap and the horizontal backward detection limit lines of the radar are directed to a side of a center plane of the vehicle to detect the obstacle in the side of the vehicle.