Driver protection structure and a device supporting the same
AssigneeVolvo Construction Equipment Holding Sweden AB
InventorsChun Ho Jo, Chun Jin Yoon
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a driver protection structure and a device supporting the same which secure driver's safety according to the international standardization organization when collided with a falling object and upon equipment's rollovers, comprising a first stopper which allows a driver's cabin and the driver protection structure mounted over the driver's cabin to move in a vertical direction and restricts the driver's cabin to move in a horizontal direction, and a second stopper which allows the driver's cabin to move in the vertical direction and restricts the driver's cabin to be lifted when a load is applied to the driver's cabin from external.
Claims9
In a driver protection structure for heavy equipment and a device supporting the same which have an upper frame mounted over a lower traveling body, a driver's cabin mounted on the upper frame, and a vibration-absorbing device mounted between the upper frame and a bottom plate of the driver's cabin, the driver protection structure and the device supporting the same comprising:
- a driver protection structure mounted over the driver's cabin and having a roof protection structure and a front protection structure;
- a first stopper allowing the driver's cabin to move in a vertical direction and restricting the same to move in a horizontal direction, when an external impact is applied to the driver protection structure;
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- a second stopper restricting the movement of the driver's cabin in the vertical direction in a certain range when the external impact is applied to the driver protection structure.
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