Patent ID: 7080703
Filing Date: 2006-07-25
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. Pedestrian truck with a drive motor and a handle lever comprising: a head and a rod which is articulated to a steering base of the industrial truck about a horizontal axis and in which the drive wheel driven by the drive motor is mounted; a first control or regulating device for the drive motor; a steering motor for auxiliary steering; a second control or regulating device for the steering motor; and a sensor device which produces a set signal for the second control or regulating device according to the extent of a pivot movement of the handle lever, wherein the handle lever rod acts on the steering base via two horizontally spaced pivot points and at least one sensor is associated to each pivot point to measure the force between the handle lever rod and the steering base and the second control or regulating device produces a control signal for the steering motor from the signals of the two sensors.