Patent ID: 8657048

Claim:
A hydraulic excavator comprising: a lower travel body; an upper swiveling body having a swiveling platform and a frame with a lower end part of the frame being secured to the swiveling platform, the upper swiveling body being swivelably supported by the lower travel body; an exterior door having a curved part in which an opening is formed, the exterior door being openably/closably supported by the frame of the upper swiveling body; and a louver for blocking the opening in the exterior door in a closed state, the louver being mounted in the frame of the upper swiveling body; the frame having a first vertical frame and a second vertical frame disposed with a gap therebetween, each of the first and second vertical frames being arranged to extend upward with a lower end part thereof secured to the swiveling platform and an upper part thereof having a sloped part that slopes inward toward a vehicle body, the louver being disposed along the sloped parts of the first and second vertical frames.