Patent ID: 11932524
Assignee: JUNGHEINRICH AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 11:
12. A base frame for a reach truck, wherein the reach truck has a lifting frame displaceably guided between two wheel arms, the base frame comprising:
a wheel arm subassembly; and
a counterweight coupled to the wheel arm subassembly by a plurality of screw connections, wherein the plurality of screw connections comprise a first portion of screw connections that extend in a first direction and a second portion of screw connections that extend in a second direction that is different from the first direction,
wherein, when the reach truck is positioned on a horizontal surface, the first direction is oriented horizontally and the second direction is oriented vertically wherein the counterweight is comprised of cast iron and configured to provide torsional stability for the reach truck.