Battery powered forklift

• Main Authors: NAKAZAWA NORIKAZU, NISHIYAMA KOUJI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 28.06.2016
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS INVEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OFTRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GASEXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS, IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT OR PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLEDVEHICLES; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES, IN GENERAL; HAULING; HOISTING; HOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCEDIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD; INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO ASPECTS CROSS-CUTTING VEHICLETECHNOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; LIFTING; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

A forklift including a fork on a front of a body to which front and rear wheels are attached, a counter weight on a rear of the body, and a driving electric motor allowing the body to travel, the forklift includes: a battery on the body above the rear wheel; a cargo-handling electric motor generating oil pressure on operating oil operating the fork; a controller controlling the cargo-handling electric motor and the driving electric motor; and a storage space in the body, below a bottom of the battery, and above a bottom of the body, wherein the controller and a charging device charging the battery are arranged in the storage space on both sides in a widthwise direction of the body, respectively and an operating oil tank and the cargo-handling electric motor are arranged along a longitudinal direction of the body between the controller and the charging device.