Patent ID: 6902026
Filing Date: 2005-06-07
Classification: B60K,B60Y,E02F,F16H

Abstract:
1. A wheel traveling and operating vehicle comprising: a chassis frame body including front and rear axles provided in front and rear portions of a lower portion in said chassis frame body; an engine exteriorly mounted to said chassis frame body and providing power for the traveling vehicle; a working fluid tank and a fuel tank exteriorly mounted to said chassis frame body on an opposite side of the engine and between the front and rear axles; and a transmission disposed interiorly of said chassis frame body, wherein said transmission includes a transmission portion arranged so that a transmission input shaft and a transmission output shaft are in a transverse direction of an axis (X—X) in a vehicle longitudinal direction in parallel to each other at a position in a forward and backward direction of said axis (X—X), and a bevel gear output portion outputting front and rear tire wheel driving power to said transmission output shaft toward a direction along the axis (X—X) in the vehicle longitudinal direction, said transmission being integrally mounted to said engine by connecting said transmission input shaft of said transmission portion to an engine output shaft of the engine so as to be on the same axis in a direction transverse to the axis (X—X) in a horizontal state, the bevel gear output portion of said transmission is connected to front and rear tire wheel driving propeller shafts, and a swivel joint pf an upper revolving body is positioned at a center P between said front axle and said rear axle, wherein said chassis frame body is configured as a transversely long chassis frame having a box-shaped cross section and having a revolving circle mounting the upper revolving body in an upper surface side so as to freely revolve, said engine is horizontally mounted to a frame body side position between the swivel joint positioned at the center (P) of the revolving circle of said transversely long chassis frame body and the front axle or the rear axle, and the transmission integrally formed with said engine is inserted and arranged in a space in a lower side of the frame body; and wherein said transmission portion is disposed between said engine and said bevel gear output portion.