Patent ID: 9376298
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: B60K,B60L,B60Y,B66F

Claim Text:
1. A battery powered forklift including a fork mounted on a front of a body to which a front wheel and a rear wheel are attached, a counter weight provided on a rear of the body, and a driving electric motor that allows the body to travel, the forklift comprising: a battery mounted on the body above the rear wheel; a cargo-handling electric motor configured to generate oil pressure on operating oil that operates the fork; an operating oil tank that holds the operating oil; a control device configured to control the cargo-handling electric motor and the driving electric motor; a charging device for charging the battery; and a storage space formed in the body, below a bottom of the battery, and above a bottom of the body, wherein the control device and the charging device are arranged in the storage space on both lateral sides of the body in a widthwise direction, respectively, and the operating oil tank and the cargo-handling electric motor are arranged in the storage space on a position overlapped with a virtual straight line extending in a longitudinal direction on a center in the widthwise direction of the body and laterally between the control device and the charging device in the widthwise direction so as to prevent a mass unbalance between the lateral sides of the body, wherein the operating oil tank is arranged anterior to the cargo-handling, electric motor on the body.