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US 11,530,523 B2Granted
Loader frame
AssigneeClark Equipment Company
InventorsBrent Durkin, Michael J. Schmidt
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Abstract
Power machine frames for power machines such as skid steer loaders that include features for aiding in the manufacture of the power machines, providing space saving advantages in the design of the power machine, and/or providing performance advantages for the power machine.
Claims9
A power machine comprising:
- a lift arm structure;
- a frame having on a first side of the power machine an inner side wall and an outer side wall forming an upright which supports structures providing mounting locations for the lift arm structure, the inner and outer side walls forming a pocket therebetween;
- an engine compartment having an outer boundary defined on the first side of the power machine by the inner side wall of the frame, wherein the pocket is protected from outside areas by the frame but is open to an interior of the engine compartment;
- an engine positioned in the engine compartment;
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- a fuel tank positioned partially in the engine compartment on a side of the engine toward the first side of the power machine, the fuel tank extending beyond the engine compartment and into the pocket, where the pocket is open to the interior of the engine compartment, formed between the inner and outer side walls of the frame.
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A power machine comprising:
- a frame having on a first side of the power machine a fuel tank compartment formed by an inner side wall, an outer side wall, a top compartment wall and a rear compartment wall;
- an engine compartment having an outer boundary defined on the first side of the power machine by the inner side wall of the frame, wherein the fuel tank compartment is open to an interior of the engine compartment;
- an engine positioned in the engine compartment;
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- a fuel tank positioned partially in the engine compartment and partially in the fuel tank compartment formed by the inner side wall, the outer side wall, the top compartment wall and the rear compartment wall.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.