Patent ID: 11933015
Assignee: VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AB
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 0:
1. A loader vehicle comprising:
a front unit and a rear unit pivotally connected to each other by an articulated joint arrangement allowing mutual rotation of the front unit and the rear unit; and
a loading unit assembly and a control valve arrangement arranged to hydraulically control the loading unit assembly,
wherein the control valve arrangement is arranged at a rear portion of the front unit in the vicinity of the articulated joint arrangement,
wherein the articulated joint arrangement comprises an upper and a lower attachment point at the rear portion of the front unit,
wherein the attachment points are constituted by respective upper and lower structural flanges of the front unit,
wherein the control valve arrangement is arranged between the upper and lower attachment points, as seen in a vertical direction of the loader vehicle, and
wherein the control valve arrangement is partly housed within a frame section of the front unit by means of the upper and lower structural flanges as well as part of a vertical frame section of the front unit, such that a rear portion of the control valve arrangement is not housed within the frame section of the front unit.