Mount Apparatus for Rollover Protection System
AssigneeCaterpillar Inc.
InventorsMicheal Valerio, Eric Ogden, Florin Smeu, Jason Forck
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Abstract
A mounting structure for mounting a cab enclosure incorporating a ROPS therein to a frame of a construction machine allowing accessibility thereto from inside the cab enclosure. More specifically, the present disclosure provides a mounting structure for a cab enclosure incorporating a ROPS, the mounting structure including an isolation mount therein, the mounting structure providing desired structural rigidity to the ROPS while providing desired vibration damping characteristics to the cab enclosure and while allowing accessibility for service thereto.
Claims20
A cab enclosure mounting system for a construction vehicle comprising:
- a lower mount configured to be secured to a construction vehicle frame having a support connected thereto;
- an intermediate mount securely fastened to the support, the intermediate mount having an isolation mount attached thereto, the isolation mount including a vibration damper therein;
- an adapter mount, the adapter mount being adapted to be securely attached to the vibration damper and having a supplemental support depending therefrom, the intermediate mount being configured to slidingly receive a portion of the supplemental support;
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- an upper mount configured to be securely attached to the adapter mount.
A construction machine comprising:
- a cab enclosure;
- a frame;
- a mounting structure for mounting the cab enclosure to the frame, the mounting structure comprising a lower mount configured to be secured to the frame having a support connected thereto;
- an intermediate mount securely fastened to the support, the intermediate mount having an isolation mount attached thereto, the isolation mount including a vibration damper therein;
- an adapter mount, the adapter mount being adapted to be securely attached to the vibration damper and having a supplemental support depending therefrom, the intermediate mount being configured to slidingly receive a portion of the supplemental support;
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- an upper mount configured to be securely attached to the adapter mount.
A construction machine comprising:
- a cab enclosure;
- a frame;
- a mounting structure for mounting the cab enclosure to the frame, the mounting structure comprising a lower mounting plate configured to be secured to the frame having a vertical support connected thereto;
- an intermediate plate securely fastened to the vertical support, the intermediate plate having an isolation mount attached thereto, the isolation mount including a shock absorber assembly therein;
- an adapter plate, the adapter plate being adapted to be securely attached to the shock absorber assembly and having a supplemental support depending therefrom, the intermediate plate being configured to slidingly receive a portion of the supplemental support;
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- an upper mounting plate configured to be securely attached to the adapter plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.