Patent ID: 7900734

Claim:
A rider lift truck with a drive portion, in which is arranged a travelling drive featuring at least one electric travelling motor for at least one steered driving wheel, with a steering device for the driving wheel, a load portion featuring a mast, an electric control unit for the travelling drive and operational controls for the travelling drive and the steering device and with a standing platform, said standing platform being a part of said drive portion, said drive portion further including a case, wherein said standing platform and case provide an accommodation space for a traveling drive and said steering motor, a recumbently arranged travelling motor is provided below the flatly built standing platform as a wheel hub drive for the driving wheel, and a steering motor ( 58 , 60 ) is arranged below the standing platform alongside to the travelling motor ( 42 , 44 ), which is coupled to a fifth wheel ( 50 , 52 ) for the driving wheel ( 38 , 40 ) via a steering gear.