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US 7,922,237 B2Granted
Guide-rail structure of front window in working vehicle
AssigneesCatepillar Japan Ltd., Press Kogyo Co., Ltd.
InventorsEiji Akahane, Kazushige Tasaki, Masayoshi Nakajima, Tetsuji Takaoka, Teruyuki Yamada, Tomoya Hirano, Yusuke Harayama
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a cab; a front window that is capable of moving between a closed position where a window opening at a front surface of the cab is closed and an open position where the front window is housed in a ceiling portion of the cab and the window opening is open; and a guide structure for the front window that guides the front window between the closed position and the open position.
Claims15
A vehicle comprising:
- a cab;
- a front window that is capable of moving between a closed position where a window opening at a front surface of the cab is closed and an open position where the front window is housed in a ceiling portion of the cab and the window opening is open;
- and
- a guide structure for the front window that guides the front window between the closed position and the open position, the guide structure for the front window comprising:
- an upper roller and a lower roller that are attached to an upper portion and a lower portion of the front window;
- an assist cable having a tip end side joined to a lower portion of the front window and a base end side joined to a winder disposed at a rear portion of the cab:
- and
- a guide rail that includes:
- a front guide rail disposed along the cab front surface, the front guide rail configured so that a cable guide portion that guides the assist cable is positioned at a front side and a front roller guide portion that guides the lower roller is positioned at a rear side relative to the cable guide portion at the front guide rail,
- an upper guide rail disposed along a ceiling surface of the cab, the upper guide rail configured so that an upper roller guide portion that guides the upper roller is positioned at an upper side and the cable guide portion is positioned at a lower side relative to the upper roller guide portion at the upper guide rail, a front portion of the upper roller guide portion being extended linearly further toward a front side of the cab than the cable guide portion at the upper guide rail, and
- a corner guide rail disposed at a corner portion between the front guide rail and the upper guide rail, the corner guide rail configured so that a rounded roller guide portion is joined to an upper end of the front roller guide portion and guides the lower roller and so that the cable guide portion is provided on an outer diameter side of the rounded roller guide portion at the corner guide rail.
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A guide structure, comprising:
- an upper roller and a lower roller;
- an assist cable having a tip end side and a base end side joined to a winder;
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- a guide rail that includes:
- a front guide rail configured so that a cable guide portion that guides the assist cable is positioned at a front side and a front roller guide portion that guides the lower roller is positioned at a rear side relative to the cable guide portion at the front guide rail,
- an upper guide rail configured so that an upper roller guide portion that guides the upper roller is positioned at an upper side and the cable guide portion is positioned at a lower side relative to the upper roller guide portion at the upper guide rail, a front portion of the upper roller guide portion being extended linearly further toward a front side than the cable guide portion at the upper guide rail, and
- a corner guide rail disposed at a corner portion between the front guide rail and the upper guide rail, the corner guide rail configured so that a rounded roller guide portion is joined to an upper end of the front roller guide portion and guides the lower roller and so that the cable guide portion is provided on an outer diameter side of the rounded roller guide portion at the corner guide rail.
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A guide structure, comprising:
- an upper roller and a lower roller;
- an assist cable having a tip end side and a base end side joined to a winder;
- and
- a guide rail that includes:
- a front guide rail configured so that a cable guide portion that guides the assist cable is positioned at a front side and a roller guide portion that guides the upper roller and the lower roller is positioned at a rear side relative to the cable guide portion at the front guide rail,
- an upper guide rail configured so that the roller guide portion is positioned at an upper side and the cable guide portion is positioned at a lower side relative to the roller guide portion at the upper guide rail, a front portion of the roller guide portion being extended linearly further toward a front side than the cable guide portion at the upper guide rail, and
- a corner guide rail disposed at a corner portion between the front guide rail and the upper guide rail, the corner guide rail configured so that the cable guide portion is provided on an outer diameter side of the roller guide portion at the corner guide rail.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.