Patent ID: 8641065

Claim:
A battery-powered towing tractor comprising: a front wheel and a rear wheel; a body having a floor formed between the front wheel and the rear wheel; a battery disposed in the body at a position between the front wheel and the floor; a member plate extending in width direction of the body for compartmenting a rear end of the floor in the body; a front reinforcing plate joined to a front surface of the member plate; and a rear reinforcing plate joined to a rear surface of the member plate, wherein the front reinforcing plate and the rear reinforcing plate are opposed across the member plate, wherein the rear reinforcing plate is formed in an L-shape having a first fixed portion joined to the rear surface of the member plate and a second fixed portion extending from the first fixed portion perpendicularly; and a suspension bracket formed in the body and only joined to the second fixed portion for supporting a suspension, without being joined to the member plate, wherein an upward force received by the second fixed portion from the suspension acts rearward of the first fixed portion with a right-angled connecting portion between the first fixed portion and the second fixed portion as the center of rotation.