# US 8,465,094 B2 · Operator seat structure of construction machine > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,465,094 B2 - Document ID: US8465094B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/055,419 - Filed: 2010-02-26 - Published: 2011-06-02 - Granted: 2013-06-18 - Earliest claimed: 2009-03-04 - Assignees: Komatsu Ltd. - Applicants: Hirofumi Wada - Inventors: Hirofumi Wada - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8465094B2 ## CPC - B60N 2/06: slidable (B60N2/12 {, B60N2/2209} take precedence) - B60N 2/50: Seat suspension devices - B60N 2/773: {Longitudinal adjustment} - B60N 2/797: {for use as electrical control means, e.g. switches} - B66C 13/56: Arrangements of handles or pedals - E02F 9/166: {movable, tiltable or pivoting, e.g. movable seats, dampening arrangements of cabins (seats for vehicles in general B60N2/00)} - B60N: SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - B66C: CRANES; LOAD-ENGAGING ELEMENTS OR DEVICES FOR CRANES, CAPSTANS, WINCHES, OR TACKLES ({specially adapted for lifting invalids A61G7/10;} rope, cable, or chain winding mechanisms, braking or detent devices therefor B66D; specially adapted for nuclear reactors G21) - E02F: DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING (winning peat E21C49/00) ## Abstract A seat structure for an operator that is set in a cab of a construction machine such as a wheel loader includes: a suspension equipment fixed to a floor frame; a plate-shaped attachment bracket attached on the suspension equipment; a seat and a work equipment console juxtaposed to each other on the attachment bracket. The seat is attached to the attachment bracket via slide rails in a manner slidable back and forth. The work equipment console is also attached to the attachment bracket via a slide rail in a manner slidable back and forth. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A seat structure for an operator of a construction machine, the seat structure comprising: a suspension equipment fixed to a floor frame; an attachment bracket attached onto the suspension equipment; and a seat and a work equipment console juxtaposed to each other on the attachment bracket, wherein a lower surface of the work equipment console is attached to the attachment bracket via a first slide rail at a first position, the seat is attached to the attachment bracket via a second slide rail, the work equipment console is provided with a guide bar that is parallel to the first slide rail and that is configured to be slidably inserted into a slider, the slider being attached to the attachment bracket via a support bracket, and the work equipment console is attached to the attachment bracket via the support bracket at a second position different from the first position. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The seat structure for an operator of a construction machine according to claim 1, wherein the attachment bracket comprises: a console setting portion that is rectangular in shape, the console setting portion being configured to be placed under the work equipment console to support the work equipment console thereon; and an arm extending laterally from a back side of the console setting portion toward the seat, the arm being narrower in a front-back direction than the console setting portion. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The seat structure for an operator of a construction machine according to claim 1, wherein the guide bar is attached to the work equipment console via a pair of front and back blocks provided in the work equipment console, the guide bar bridging the pair of front and back portions. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The seat structure for an operator of a construction machine according to claim 1, wherein the support bracket is separate from the first slide rail. ### Claim 5 A seat structure for an operator of a construction machine, the seat structure comprising: a suspension equipment fixed to a floor frame; an attachment bracket attached onto the suspension equipment; and a seat and a work equipment console juxtaposed to each other on the attachment bracket, wherein a lower surface of the work equipment console is attached to the attachment bracket via a first slide rail at a first position, the attachment bracket is attached to the suspension equipment via a second side rail, the work equipment console is provided with a guide bar that is parallel to the first slide rail and that is configured to be slidably inserted into a slider, the slider being attached to the attachment bracket via a support bracket, and the work equipment console is attached to the attachment bracket via the support bracket at a second position different from the first position. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The seat structure for an operator of a construction machine according to claim 5, wherein the attachment bracket comprises: a console setting portion that is rectangular in shape, the console setting portion being configured to be placed under the work equipment console to support the work equipment console thereon; and an arm extending laterally from a back side of the console setting portion toward the seat, the arm being narrower in a front-back direction than the console setting portion. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The seat structure for an operator of a construction machine according to claim 5, wherein the guide bar is attached to the work equipment console via a pair of front and back blocks provided in the work equipment console, the guide bar bridging the pair of front and back portions. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The seat structure for an operator of a construction machine according to claim 5, wherein the support bracket is separate from the first slide rail.