Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Exhaust configuration for a vehicle
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Application No.: US14655271Application Date: 2014-12-01
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Publication No.: US09724994B2Publication Date: 2017-08-08
- Inventor: Hirokazu Ashikawa , Takayuki Tashiro
- Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
- Current Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Holtz, Holtz & Volek PC
- International Application: PCT/JP2014/081752 WO 20141201
- International Announcement: WO2015/129121 WO 20150903
- Main IPC: B60K13/04
- IPC: B60K13/04 ; F01N3/20 ; F01N13/18 ; F01N3/021 ; F01N13/00 ; B60P1/04 ; B60P1/00 ; B60P1/28

Abstract:
A dump truck includes: a main frame that extends in a front-back direction of a vehicle body; an engine installed on the main frame; an exhaust aftertreatment device that is supported by the main frame and purifies exhaust gas from the engine; and a communication pipe having a first end connected to the engine and a second end connected to the exhaust aftertreatment device, in which the exhaust gas discharged from the engine flows to the exhaust aftertreatment device. The communication pipe includes: an upstream pipe extending from the engine to a lateral side thereof; a bellows pipe angularly connected to the upstream pipe and extending in an up-down direction; and a downstream pipe angularly connected to the bellows pipe.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160257194A1 DUMP TRUCK Public/Granted day:2016-09-08
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