Patent ID: 7524268
Filing Date: 2009-04-28
Classification: B60K,B60Y,B66F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A drive control apparatus for a forklift, wherein the forklift includes a vehicle body, a drive wheel provided to the vehicle body, an engine, a power transmission mechanism interposed between the engine and the drive wheel, and a loading attachment that is provided at a front portion of the vehicle body and mounts a load, and wherein the power transmission mechanism is switchable between a connection state for transmitting power of the engine to the drive wheel and a disconnection state for not transmitting the power of the engine to the drive wheel, wherein the forklift travels using the power of the engine as a driving force, the drive control apparatus comprising: a connection determining section that determines whether the power transmission mechanism is switched from the disconnection state to the connection state in response to an operation by a driver; a load determining section that determines a load state related to the loading attachment; and a disconnection control section, wherein, in a case where the connection determining section determines switching to the connection state, if the load state determined by the load determining section requires that the driving of the vehicle body be limited, the disconnection control section forcibly disconnects the transmission of the driving force to the drive wheel.