Patent ID: 9731947
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: B66F

Claim:
1. A forklift comprising: a first wheel drive apparatus that is provided on a left wheel and is configured to drive the left wheel; and a second wheel drive apparatus that is provided on a right wheel and is configured to drive the right wheel, wherein each of the first and second wheel drive apparatuses includes a motor and a brake disposed at a rear portion of the motor, the brake includes a brake shaft, friction plates assembled with the brake shaft so as to be movable in an axial direction, and a brake cover provided on a rear side of the friction plates, a first space necessary for a removal operation of the brake cover and the friction plates is secured between a rear end of the first wheel drive apparatus and a rear end of the second wheel drive apparatus, the brake cover is removable from the first and second wheel drive apparatuses, respectively, while the first and second wheel drive apparatuses are mounted on a vehicle body, the friction plates are removable from the first and second wheel drive apparatuses, while the first and second wheel drive apparatuses are mounted on the vehicle body, by sliding along the brake shaft toward the inside of the vehicle body in the axial direction when the brake cover has been removed, the brake cover and the friction plates do not overlap when seen in a radial direction, each of the first and second wheel drive apparatuses include a parking brake device provided on a rear portion of the brake and a cap that covers the parking brake device, the parking brake device and the cap are removable from the first and second wheel drive apparatuses, while the first and second wheel drive apparatuses are mounted on the vehicle body, a second space necessary for a removal operation of the cap, the parking brake device, the brake cover and the friction plates is secured between a rear end surface of the cap of the first wheel drive apparatus and a rear end surface of the cap of the second wheel drive apparatus, and the parking brake device is mounted on the brake cover and is removable from the first and second wheel drive apparatuses, respectively, while the parking brake device is mounted on the brake cover.