# US 2026/0091965 A1 · Aerial work vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2026/0091965 A1 - Document ID: US20260091965A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 19/113,112 - Filed: 2024-01-10 - Published: 2026-04-02 - Earliest claimed: 2023-01-18 - Assignees: Tadano Utilities Ltd. - Applicants: Tadano Utilities Ltd. - Inventors: Yasuhisa TSUKAMOTO; Eiji GOZU; Seiichi YUMOTO; Longjun JIN; Kenji ARAI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20260091965A1 ## CPC - B66F 11/044: {Working platforms suspended from booms} - B66F 9/075: Constructional features or details - B66F 11/04: for movable platforms or cabins, e.g. on vehicles, permitting workmen to place themselves in any desired position for carrying out required operations ({Working platforms on fork-lift trucks B66F9/127; } vehicle aspects of service vehicles B60P3/14; platforms for cleaning windows A47L3/02; devices for rescuing persons from buildings A62B1/02; liftable or lowerable platforms for use on ladders E06C7/16; maintenance travellers for bridges E01D19/10; scaffolds on an extensible sub-structure E04G1/22) - F15B 15/26: Locking mechanisms - B66F: HOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCE DIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD ({invalid lifting devices A61G7/10; } mounting artificial islands on piles or like supports E02B17/00; scaffolding combined with lifting devices E04G1/22; lifting devices for sliding forms E04G11/24; lifting of buildings E04G23/06; shores or struts E04G25/00; lifts or other hoisting devices on ladders E06C7/12; props for mining E21D15/00) - F15B: SYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract It is an object to provide an aerial work vehicle in which an engine drive unit and an electric drive unit that serve as a power source can be interchanged depending on the usage environment, where the interchanging of power source is easy, and the vehicle is balanced so that the center of gravity position of the vehicle remains unchanged before and after the interchanging. As a solution, a first mounting portion (8), on which an engine drive unit (7) and an electric drive unit (13) that serve as a power source of a hydraulic device (11) are interchangeably mounted, and a second mounting portion (10), on which a counterweight (9) and a battery (14) which provide a balancing mass are interchangeably mounted, are arranged on different sides of a raising/lowering unit (5) on a vehicle body frame (3). ## Claims ### Claim 1 An aerial work vehicle that holds a worker in a basket provided at a front end of a raising/lowering boom and is capable of travelling operations, raising/lowering operations, and slewing operations, the aerial work vehicle comprising: a vehicle body frame including a hydraulic unit that supplies hydraulic oil to each operated unit provided in the vehicle and a main counterweight that provides a stabilizing mass that acts against a tipping mass that acts upon the vehicle; and a raising/lowering unit that is mounted on the vehicle body frame, is supplied with hydraulic oil from the hydraulic unit, and raises and lowers the raising/lowering boom to move the basket supported at the front end of the boom to a desired height, wherein the vehicle body frame is provided with a first mounting portion, on which an engine drive unit and an electric drive unit which serve as a power source for the hydraulic unit are interchangeably mounted, and a second mounting portion, on which a counterweight and a battery which provide a balancing mass are interchangeably mounted. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The aerial work vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the counterweight is attached to the second mounting unit as necessary when the engine drive unit has been mounted on the first mounting portion and the battery is attached to the second mounting portion when the electric drive unit has been attached to the first mounting portion. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The aerial work vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the engine drive unit includes an engine, a radiator, and a fuel tank, and the electric drive unit includes an electric motor and a motor controller. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The aerial work vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the hydraulic unit includes a hydraulic pump, a control valve, a slewing motor, a raising/lowering cylinder, and a hydraulic oil tank, and is provided for common use even when a power source of the hydraulic unit is interchanged on the vehicle body frame. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The aerial work vehicle according to claim 1, wherein locking portions are provided on the hydraulic pump of the hydraulic unit, and a suspending unit that locks to the locking portions and suspends the hydraulic pump so as to be movable in a drive shaft direction and a height direction is provided in a vicinity of the first mounting portion of the vehicle body frame. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The aerial work vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the hydraulic unit is provided with a plurality of hydraulic pipes including a suction hose connected to a hydraulic pump and a discharge hose connected to a control valve, and the plurality of hydraulic pipes are connected with lengths including slack in a drive shaft direction and a height direction. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The aerial work vehicle according to claim 1, wherein a platform on which either the engine drive unit or the electric drive unit is mounted is detachably provided on the first mounting portion, and the platform is provided with arm insertion support portions into which lift arms of a forklift are inserted to enable the platform to be raised and lowered. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The aerial work vehicle according to claim 7, wherein the platform is provided with a plurality of engagement holes into which a plurality of guide pins provided so as to protrude at diagonally opposite positions on the vehicle body frame are fitted, and when the guide pins have been fitted into the engagement holes of the platform, an axial center position of the engine drive unit or the electric drive unit on the vehicle body frame is determined.