Patent ID: 7896117

Claim:
A forklift including a battery storage device for storing a battery, the battery storage device comprising: a vehicle frame having a battery storage room; a front support plate provided on the vehicle frame for supporting a front surface of the battery received in the battery storage room, wherein the front support plate is positioned a fixed distance from a rear portion of the vehicle frame; a counterweight coupled to the vehicle frame and placed apart from the front support plate in a fixed length; a rear support plate provided at a rear side of the battery storage room for supporting a rear surface of the battery received in the battery storage room, a portion of the rear surface of the battery in contact with the rear support plate extending substantially perpendicular to the rear support plate, the rear support plate detachably fixed to the rear portion of the vehicle frame in such a manner that, when detached, the rear support plate becomes movable toward or away from the front support plate in conformity with a size of the battery; and a rear wheel, a travel motor mounted to the rear support plate for producing power to drive the rear wheel, the vehicle frame having a cutout through which a power transmission device extends toward the travel motor, the cutout being of such a size as to allow the travel motor to move together with the rear support plate.