JP2020019353A - Passenger work vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a passenger work vehicle that can easily change from a state where a communication device is mounted to a state where the communication device is not mounted and vice versa.SOLUTION: A passenger work vehicle M includes a motive power unit on the front inside an engine hood 20 provided at the front side of a machine body. The passenger work vehicle includes an operation unit 4 provided with a dashboard 40 disposed at the rear side of the engine hood 20 and a driver seat 42 located rearward of and separated from the dashboard 40. A partition wall 3 allowing passage of radio waves is installed removably from the engine hood 20 to be located below the dashboard 40 at a boundary portion between an inner space of the engine hood 20 and the operation unit 4. A connector 50 connectable with a communication device 60 configured to exert a communication function with radio waves is disposed in a space s1 located below the dashboard 40 and inside the engine hood 20 covered by the partition wall 3.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

  The present invention includes a driving unit provided with a driving unit on the front side inside a hood provided at the front of the fuselage, and having a dashboard provided on the rear side of the bonnet and a driving seat located away from the dashboard on the rear side. The present invention relates to a passenger work vehicle provided.

  Patent Document 1 discloses an operation in which a driving unit is provided on a front side inside a hood provided in a front part of a fuselage, and has a dashboard provided on a rear side of the hood and a driver seat located on a rear side away from the dashboard. A passenger work vehicle comprising a part is described.

  When performing such maintenance work of a passenger work vehicle, if information such as the operating state of a driving unit such as an engine, the remaining amount of fuel, and the remaining capacity of a battery is stored in a memory or the like provided in the passenger work vehicle. In some cases, by reading and analyzing the information by a maintenance worker, the state of the passenger work vehicle and the cause of the failure can be appropriately diagnosed.

JP 2017-197162 A

  If the information collected by the passenger work vehicle can be transmitted to a remote management center via a communication line, the maintenance work can be performed on the management center without the maintenance worker checking the condition of the passenger work vehicle on site. Understand the condition of the car. For that purpose, for example, it is necessary to mount a communication device that realizes a communication function using radio waves on a passenger work vehicle in advance.

  However, some users do not want to mount such a communication device.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a passenger work vehicle that can easily change between mounting and not mounting a communication device.

The passenger work vehicle of the present invention is provided with a driving portion on the front side inside a bonnet provided at the front of the fuselage, a dashboard provided at the rear side of the hood, and a driver seat located away from the dashboard to the rear side. A passenger work vehicle including a driving unit having:
Below the dashboard, at the boundary between the internal space of the bonnet and the driving section, a partition wall that allows radio waves to pass therethrough is installed detachably from the bonnet,
In the space below the dashboard and inside the hood covered by the partition, a connector is provided that can connect a communication device that realizes a communication function using radio waves.

According to the present invention, since the partition allows radio waves to pass therethrough, when a communication device is connected to a connector provided in a space inside the hood covered by the partition, the communication device communicates with the outside through the partition. Radio waves can be transmitted and received.
In addition, since the partition part is installed so as to be detachable from the hood, the user of the passenger work vehicle can easily access the space where the connector is provided. That is, the user of the passenger work vehicle can freely mount and dismount the communication device on the passenger work vehicle. Furthermore, if the partition is mounted on a passenger work vehicle, the interior of the space in which the communication device is installed can be protected, and foreign matter such as rainwater and earth and sand adheres to the communication device installed in the space. Can be prevented.
Therefore, it is possible to provide a passenger work vehicle capable of easily changing between mounting and not mounting the communication device.

  In the present invention, it is preferable that the partition wall is formed using a punching metal in which a hole is formed in a metal plate.

  According to the present invention, the communication device provided in the space on the inner side of the hood covered by the partition transmits and receives radio waves to and from the outside due to the presence of the hole formed in the metal plate constituting the partition. be able to. In addition, since the partition is made of a metal plate, sufficient strength can be exhibited.

It is a left view of a passenger work vehicle. It is a top view of a passenger work vehicle. It is a figure showing the state where the partition provided in the passenger work vehicle was removed. It is a block diagram which shows an example of a specific structure of a work vehicle information management system.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
Note that the front-rear direction and the left-right direction in the description of the present embodiment are described as follows unless otherwise specified. That is, the forward traveling direction (see the arrow F in FIGS. 1 and 2) during the traveling of the passenger work vehicle M according to the present embodiment is “forward”, and the forward traveling direction (the arrow in FIGS. 1 and 2). B) is “rear”, a direction corresponding to the right side (see an arrow R in FIG. 2) based on the forward posture in the front-rear direction is “right”, and a direction corresponding to the left side (an arrow L in FIG. 2). Reference) is “left”.

FIG. 1 is a left side view of the passenger work vehicle M, and FIG. 2 is a plan view of the passenger work vehicle M. FIG. 3 is a view showing a state in which a partition provided in the passenger work vehicle has been removed.
As shown in the figure, a passenger work vehicle M exemplified in the present embodiment includes a prime mover 2 at a front side inside a hood 20 provided at a front portion of a fuselage, and a dashboard 40 provided at a rear side of the hood 20 and a dashboard. The driving unit 4 includes a driving seat 42 that is located away from the board 40 on the rear side. The prime mover 2 is supported on the front side of the vehicle body frame 1 that forms a framework of the vehicle body. The driving section 4 is located on the rear side of the body frame 1. A protection frame 6 is connected to a rear end of the body frame 1. The passenger work vehicle M is provided with wheels 5 having a front wheel 5A and a rear wheel 5B.

  The body frame 1 includes a pair of left and right steel plate side members 10 extending in the front-rear direction, and a steel plate front member 11 extending over the front ends of the left and right side members 10. A center pillar 12 is provided substantially at the center of the left and right side members 10 in the front-rear direction. At a position near the rear end of the left and right side members 10, a transmission 13 that shifts the power of the engine 21 provided in the driving unit 2 and transmits the power to the wheels 5 and the like is attached.

In the driving unit 4 provided on the rear side of the driving unit 2, the driving seat 42 is disposed above the transmission 13, and the driving unit in which the driver can ride within the width between the driving seat 42 and the driving unit 2 in the front-rear direction. Step 15 is provided, and rear wheel fenders 16 are provided on both left and right sides of the driver's seat 42.
A dashboard 40 is provided at a position behind the hood 20 of the driving unit 2. The dashboard 40 is provided with a steering wheel 41 for steering the front wheels, and instruments for displaying an engine speed and the like, and functions as a member constituting a part of the driving unit 4.

  Between the lower part of the above-mentioned dashboard 40 and the operation part step 15, the partition part 3 mentioned later is provided. Therefore, the dashboard 40 is used as a component of the operation unit 4 equipped with instruments and the like. At the same time, the dashboard 40 covers the upper side of the bulkhead 3 and the engine in the prime mover 2 together with the bulkhead 3. It also functions as a member on the driving unit 2 side that constitutes a part of the room 2A.

  In the driving portion 2, an engine room 2 </ b> A covered by a bonnet 20 is located forward of the center pillar 12 fixed across the left and right side members 10. On the rear side of the center pillar 12, a dashboard 40 constituting a part of the driving unit 4 is provided above the partition wall 3. Thus, the space covered by the hood 20 and the internal space of the partition 3 correspond to the engine room 2A which is the internal space of the driving unit 2.

  The hood 20 includes a ventilable front cover 20 a covering the front end of the driving unit 2, left and right side covers 20 b covering the lateral side of the driving unit 2, an upper cover 20 c covering the upper part of the driving unit 2, and a headlight unit. 20d and the like are integrally connected. The bonnet 20 is configured to be capable of swinging up and down in a vertical direction with a left-right support shaft x1 located at the front end of the body frame 1 as a fulcrum. Thereby, the bonnet 20 can swing up and down between a closed position for covering the driving unit 2 and an open position for opening the driving unit 2, and is a rear-opening type in which the rear portion of the hood 20 is largely released at the open position. Have been. As a result, maintenance of the radiator 23, the air cleaner 24, and the like provided on the rear side of the driving unit 2 can be easily performed.

  A radiator 23 is provided at a rear end portion in the engine room 2A, and a cooling fan 22 for introducing outside air for bringing outside air into contact with the radiator 23 is provided in the engine room 2A ahead of the radiator 23. ing. The outside air supplied to the radiator 23 is sucked and introduced through the rear partition 3 to cool the radiator 23, the engine 21, the muffler, and the like, and then discharged from the front cover 20a. The partition 3 of the present embodiment is configured using an outer wall plate 31 which is a metal plate having a plurality of holes 31a formed therein, so that air can pass through the partition 3.

  Inside the hood 20, an intake port (not shown) of the air cleaner 24 is provided toward the rear side at a position closer to the rear of the fuselage than the engine 21 and forward of the radiator 23. Then, the outside air that has passed through the partition 3 and the radiator 23 is sucked into the air cleaner 24 from the suction port.

  The partition part 3 is installed at a boundary part between the internal space of the hood 20 and the driving part 4 below the dashboard 40. The partition 3 is provided above the operation unit step 15. The partition part 3 has a portion corresponding to an intermediate part of the partition part 3 bulging rearward in the left-right direction, and is formed substantially in a gate shape in plan view. The internal space s <b> 1 on the inner peripheral side of the partition wall portion 3 having a gate shape in plan view is used as a housing space for the battery 26 and a communication device 60 described later.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the partition 3 is configured to allow radio waves to pass therethrough, and is installed so as to be detachable from the hood 20. A work vehicle-side connector 50 is provided in the internal space s1 below the dashboard 40 and on the inner side of the hood 20 covered with the partition wall 3, to which a communication device 60 for realizing a communication function using radio waves can be connected. ing. For example, as described above, since the partition 3 is formed using a metal plate (outer wall plate 31) in which a plurality of holes 31a are formed, radio waves can be transmitted. Furthermore, since the partition 3 is located at a position away from the driver's seat 42 on which the occupant H sits, the radio wave is not shielded by the occupant H's body. As described above, when the communication device 60 is provided in the internal space s <b> 1 on the inner side of the hood 20 covered with the partition 3, the communication device 60 is configured such that the outer wall plate 31 of the partition 3 has the hole 31 a. Allows transmission and reception of radio waves to and from the outside. In addition, since the partition 3 is formed of the outer wall plate 31 made of metal, sufficient strength can be exhibited.

Since the outer wall plate 31 constituting the partition wall portion 3 is installed so as to be detachable from the bonnet 20, the user of the passenger work vehicle M can easily connect to the work vehicle-side connector 50 provided in the internal space s1. Can be accessed. That is, the user of the passenger work vehicle M can freely mount and dismount the communication device 60 on the passenger work vehicle M.
Further, if the outer wall plate 31 constituting the partition 3 is mounted on the passenger work vehicle M, the contents of the internal space s1 can be protected by the outer wall plate 31. Therefore, it is possible to prevent foreign matters such as rainwater and earth and sand from adhering to the communication device 60 installed in the internal space s1.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a specific configuration of the work vehicle information management system.
The work vehicle information management system according to the present embodiment is configured to enable information communication between the passenger work vehicle M and a management center 80 at a remote place. In order to provide the passenger work vehicle M with an information communication function, the work vehicle side connector 50 is installed in the passenger work vehicle M in the present embodiment. That is, a user who wishes to mount the information communication function on the passenger work vehicle M only needs to connect the communication device 60 to the work vehicle side connector 50, and a user who does not wish to mount the information communication function needs to work. The communication device 60 need not be connected to the vehicle-side connector 50.

  The passenger work vehicle M includes a work vehicle-side connector 50, a traveling unit 51, a work unit 52, an information collection unit 53, an information storage unit 54, and a battery 26. The traveling unit 51 is a part related to traveling of the passenger work vehicle M, such as the engine 21, the transmission 13, the wheels 5, and a fuel tank (not shown) for storing fuel supplied to the engine 21. The working unit 52 is, for example, a mower unit having a mowing blade when the riding work vehicle M is used as a mower. The information collecting unit 53 is a part that collects information indicating the state of each part of the passenger work vehicle M. For example, information such as the temperature of the cooling water of the engine 21, the remaining amount of fuel in a fuel tank (not shown), the remaining capacity of the battery 26, and the accumulated operating time is collected from each part of the passenger work vehicle M. The information collected by the information collection unit 53 is stored in the information storage unit 54.

  The communication device 60 includes a communication device main body 61 and a communication device-side connector 62. In the present embodiment, as the communication device main body 61, a device conforming to a communication standard of short-range wireless communication such as Bluetooth (registered trademark) and Wi-Fi (registered trademark) can be used. When the communication device 60 is mounted on the passenger work vehicle M, the communication device-side connector 62 of the communication device 60 may be connected to the work vehicle-side connector 50 of the passenger work vehicle M. Connecting the communication device-side connector 62 of the communication device 60 to the work vehicle-side connector 50 of the passenger work vehicle M, that is, the plurality of terminals of the communication device-side connector 62 of the communication device 60 and the work of the passenger work vehicle M By mutually connecting a plurality of terminals of the vehicle-side connector 50, both the power supply wiring and the signal transmission wiring are connected, and power can be supplied from the battery 26 of the passenger work vehicle M to the communication device 60. The information signal can be exchanged between the passenger work vehicle M and the communication device 60.

  The mobile communication terminal 70 includes a short-range communication unit 71, a long-range communication unit 72, a terminal control unit 73, a terminal storage unit 74, and a terminal display unit 75 such as a display. In the present embodiment, the mobile communication terminal 70 is used by the occupant H of the passenger work vehicle M, and is, for example, various mobile terminals such as a smartphone, a tablet terminal, and a notebook personal computer which are brought into the passenger work vehicle M.

  The short-range communication unit 71 of the mobile communication terminal 70 realizes a function of performing communication with the communication device 60 mounted on the passenger work vehicle M, and includes Bluetooth (registered trademark), Wi-Fi (registered trademark), and the like. Communication standard for short-range wireless communication can be used. The long-distance communication unit 72 of the mobile communication terminal 70 realizes a function of performing communication with an external management center 80 via a communication network such as a mobile phone line or the Internet. Then, the terminal control unit 73 executes a communication program pre-installed in the terminal storage unit 74, thereby performing information communication between the portable communication terminal 70 and the communication device 60 mounted on the passenger work vehicle M ( The function of the short-range communication unit 71) and the information communication between the portable communication terminal 70 and the management sensor (the function of the long-range communication unit 72) are executed.

  As described above, a communication path is established between the passenger work vehicle M and the management center 80 via the communication device 60 and the portable communication terminal 70. Then, in the passenger work vehicle M, the information collected by the passenger work vehicle M is transmitted to the communication device 60 together with, for example, identification information unique to the passenger work vehicle M at a predetermined timing such as once a day. Sent to the outside via Alternatively, in the passenger work vehicle M, information with urgency such as information indicating that the cooling water of the engine 21 has exceeded the upper limit temperature and information indicating that the accumulated operation time has exceeded the upper limit period is the information. May be transmitted to the outside via the communication device 60 immediately at the timing when the error occurs. As a result, the management center 80 can continuously acquire information from the passenger work vehicle M identified by the identification information, and can quickly acquire urgent information.

  Further, the terminal control unit 73 of the portable communication terminal 70 may cause the terminal display unit 75 to display information received from the passenger work vehicle M via the communication device 60. By doing so, the occupant H of the passenger work vehicle M can also know the contents of the information collected by the passenger work vehicle M.

<Another embodiment>
<1>
In the above embodiment, the passenger work vehicle M of the present invention has been described with a specific example, but the configuration can be changed as appropriate.
For example, the partition section 3 may have a structure different from that described in the above embodiment, as long as the partition section 3 is configured to transmit radio waves. For example, the shape and size of the hole 31a provided in the outer wall plate 31 can be set as appropriate. The partition 3 may be made of a material such as a resin that can transmit radio waves satisfactorily. Furthermore, the partition 3 may be configured by combining a plurality of members in addition to the case where the partition 3 is configured by a single member such as the outer wall plate 31 described above. Furthermore, the shape of the partition 3 is not limited to the shape exemplified in the above embodiment.

<2>
In the above embodiment, it has been described that by connecting the communication device side connector 62 of the communication device 60 and the work vehicle side connector 50 of the passenger work vehicle M, both the power supply wiring and the signal transmission wiring are connected. However, the connection of the power supply wiring of a plurality of systems may be performed by connecting the communication device side connector 62 of the communication device 60 and the work vehicle side connector 50 of the passenger work vehicle M. For example, by connecting the communication device-side connector 62 of the communication device 60 and the work vehicle-side connector 50 of the work vehicle M, the battery 26 of the work vehicle M can be connected through a specific fuse provided in the work vehicle M. For connecting the power supply wiring of the system (first system) connected to the communication device 60 and the power supply of the system (second system) connected to the communication device 60 from the battery 26 of the passenger work vehicle M without passing through the fuse. You may comprise so that connection of wiring may be performed together. In this case, when the fuse is blown, the communication device 60 can detect that power is not supplied from the battery 26 of the passenger work vehicle M to the communication device 60 in the first system. Therefore, if the communication device 60 is programmed to notify the management center 80 together with the identification information when detecting that power supply in the first system is not performed, the management center 80 It can be understood that power is not supplied by one system, that is, that the fuse has blown in the passenger work vehicle M. Further, if the terminal control unit 73 of the portable communication terminal 70 displays information indicating that the fuse has blown in the passenger work vehicle M on the terminal display unit 75, the occupant H of the passenger work vehicle M also has the fuse blown. You can know that.

<3>
The configuration disclosed in the above embodiment (including another embodiment, hereinafter the same) can be applied in combination with the configuration disclosed in the other embodiment unless there is a contradiction, and is disclosed in the present specification. The embodiment is an exemplification, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to this, and can be appropriately modified without departing from the object of the present invention.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be used for a passenger work vehicle M that can easily change between mounting and not mounting a communication device.

2 Drive unit 3 Partition wall unit 4 Operation unit 20 Bonnet 31 Outer wall plate (metal plate)
31a Hole 40 Dashboard 42 Driver's seat 50 Work vehicle side connector (connector)
60 communication device M passenger work vehicle s1 space

Claims (2)

A passenger provided with a driving unit on the front side inside a hood provided on the front of the fuselage, and having a driving unit having a dashboard provided on the rear side of the bonnet and a driving seat located on the rear side away from the dashboard. A working vehicle,
Below the dashboard, at the boundary between the internal space of the bonnet and the driving section, a partition wall that allows radio waves to pass therethrough is installed detachably from the bonnet,
A passenger work vehicle provided with a connector in a space below the dashboard and inside the hood covered with the partition wall, to which a communication device that realizes a communication function using radio waves can be connected.   The passenger work vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the partition portion is configured using a metal plate having a plurality of holes formed therein.

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