Patent ID: 8996259
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: B66F,F02D

Abstract:
1. An engine control device for a forklift, which is provided with a travel device driven by an engine and a working machine operated by receiving supply of a pressure oil discharged from a working machine hydraulic pump with the engine used as a drive source, and also provided with a working machine operating device that is configured to operate the working machine according to operation, which is operated in the direction of raising a lift by operating the working machine operating device in the direction of raising the lift and operated in a tilt direction by operating the working machine operating device in a tilt operation direction, and a controller that is configured to control the engine to have an engine rotation speed according to the operation of an accelerator with a high idle speed determined as a first upper limit value, wherein, the controller is configured to: detect that a vehicle body is stopped; detect an operation state of the working machine operating device; determine on the basis of detection results that the vehicle body is stopped and the working machine is solely operated only in the direction of lowering the lift, or the vehicle body is stopped and the working machine is solely operated only in the tilt direction; set a second upper limit value of the engine rotation speed to a rotation speed lower than the high idle speed when it is determined that the vehicle body is stopped and the working machine is solely operated only in the direction of lowering the lift, or the vehicle body is stopped and the working machine is solely operated only in the tilt direction, and control the engine to have the engine rotation speed according to the operation of the accelerator with the second upper limit value as an upper limit value of the engine rotation speed.