# US 10,308,289 B2 · Front fender and wheel loader > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,308,289 B2 - Document ID: US10308289B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/519,952 - Filed: 2016-12-08 - Published: 2018-11-22 - Granted: 2019-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2016-12-08 - Assignees: Komatsu Ltd. - Applicants: Komatsu Ltd. - Inventors: Yuichiro Aoyama; Yohei Seto - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10308289B2 ## CPC - B62D 25/18: Parts or details thereof, e.g. mudguard flaps - B62D 25/168: {Mud guards for utility vehicles} - E02F 9/0808: {Improving mounting or assembling, e.g. frame elements, disposition of all the components on the superstructures (for disposition of specific components, E02F9/0858)} - E02F 9/0858: {Arrangement of component parts installed on superstructures not otherwise provided for, e.g. electric components, fenders, air-conditioning units (E02F9/16, E02F9/18 take precedence)} - E02F 3/34: with bucket-arms {, i.e. a pair of arms, e.g. manufacturing processes, form, geometry, material of bucket-arms (with a single arm E02F3/283)} directly pivoted on the frames of tractors or self-propelled machines - B62D: MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for, B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motor-cycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M) - E02F: DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING (winning peat E21C49/00) ## Abstract A front fender includes: a first member, at least a part of which is disposed upward with respect to a front tire of a wheel loader; a second member which includes an upper plate having an upper surface facing a lower surface of the first member, and a rear plate which is connected to a rear end of the upper plate and disposed rearward with respect to the front tire; an inclined plate which is connected to a lower surface of the upper plate and a front surface of the rear plate; and a connecting member which connects the upper plate and the first member. The inclined plate includes: a through hole which is provided immediately below the connecting member and through which the connecting member can pass; and a notch hole which is provided at a lower end of the inclined plate. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A front fender comprising: a first member, at least a part of which is disposed upward with respect to a front tire of a wheel loader; a second member which includes an upper plate having an upper surface facing a lower surface of the first member, and a rear plate which is connected to a rear end of the upper plate and disposed rearward with respect to the front tire; an inclined plate which is connected to a lower surface of the upper plate and a front surface of the rear plate; and a connecting member which connects the upper plate and the first member, wherein the inclined plate includes a through hole which is provided immediately below the connecting member and through which the connecting member passes, and a notch hole which is provided at a lower end of the inclined plate. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The front fender according to claim 1, wherein the notch hole is provided at a position different from a center of the inclined plate in a vehicle width direction parallel to an axle of the front tire. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The front fender according to claim 1, wherein the lower surface of the first member includes a first lower surface which is in contact with the upper surface of the upper plate, and a second lower surface which faces the upper surface of the upper plate while being spaced from the upper surface, and in the first member, a first portion having the first lower surface is thicker than a second portion having the second lower surface. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The front fender according to claim 3, wherein a plurality of the first lower surfaces is provided at intervals in the vehicle width direction parallel to the axle of the front tire. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The front fender according to claim 3, wherein the first member includes a first female screw hole which is provided on the first lower surface and connected with a male screw of the connecting member. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The front fender according to claim 1, wherein the first member includes a second female screw hole which is provided on an upper surface of the first member and connected with a male screw of a hoisting attachment. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) A wheel loader comprising a vehicle body frame to which the front fender according to claim 1 is mounted. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The wheel loader according to claim 7, comprising a positioning member which is fixed to the vehicle body frame and is in contact with a rear portion of the first member to position the first member.