Patent ID: 9499957
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: B60K,B62D,E02F

Claim Text:
1. A bulldozer comprising: a vehicle frame having a front end and a rear end; a pair of track frame modules arranged on left and right widthwise sides of the vehicle frame and extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle frame; a blade support member supported on the vehicle frame, the blade support member including a frontward end and a rearward end, at least a rearward portion including the rearward end of the blade support member being disposed between the track frame modules in a widthwise direction of the vehicle frame; a bulldozer blade supported on the frontward end of the blade support member such that the bulldozer blade is disposed in front of the front end of the vehicle frame; an engine disposed at a front portion of the vehicle frame; an operator cab secured to the frame behind the engine, the operator cab including a front window disposed on a front face of the operator cab; and an engine cover covering the engine, the engine cover configured and arranged such that when the bulldozer blade is placed on the ground, an entire top surface of the engine cover is disposed below a line extending between an upper edge of the bulldozer blade and a lower edge of the front window as viewed from a side of the bulldozer.