Patent ID: 7784572

Claim:
A drive unit for an industrial vehicle, the drive unit includes a drive motor ( 2 ) comprising: a shaft ( 8 ), rotating about an axis of rotation ( 9 ), which drives a drive wheel ( 6 ) by way of a reducing gear ( 5 ), the drive motor ( 2 ) being disposed vertically in the vehicle following installation of the drive motor ( 2 ), and the drive wheel ( 6 ) being rotatable to achieve a steering motion of the vehicle, while the drive motor ( 2 ), during the steering motion, remains connected to the vehicle in a rotationally fixed manner, an electronic steering mechanism ( 3 ) being one of arranged on and arranged in a housing of the drive motor ( 2 ), parallel to the axis of rotation ( 9 ) of the shaft ( 8 ), and the electronic steering mechanism ( 3 ), following installation, being disposed on a side of the drive motor facing toward a side of the vehicle so as to avoid increasing a longitudinal length of the vehicle in a longitudinal direction.