Patent ID: 7900722

Claim:
An industrial vehicle, comprising: a vehicle body frame; a travel member installed on the vehicle body frame; a work device installed on the vehicle body frame; and a drive power generation section that is provided in the vehicle body frame and that generates drive power to cause the travel member to travel, wherein the vehicle body frame has a pair of side frames provided on the left and right sides of the industrial vehicle, the work device comprises a pair of lift arms vertically swingably installed on the pair of side frames at their base ends, and a bucket vertically swingably installed on the front ends of the pair of lift arms, the drive power generation section comprises an electric motor that causes the travel member to travel by transmitting drive power to the travel member, and a battery or a large capacity condenser or a combination of a battery and a large capacity condenser that supplies electric power to the electric motor, the battery being housed in a battery storage part formed in a planar shape below a floor surface of the vehicle body frame, and a battery housing aperture that opens to the battery storage part is formed in the rear surface of the vehicle body frame, and the battery is inserted and removed through the battery storage aperture.