Forklift truck

US6079935A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Linde GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Norbert Brunner · Aschaffenburg, DE
• Bernhard Gotz · Aschaffenburg, DE
• Rudolf Mundkowski · Aschaffenburg, DE
• Wilhelm Spennemann · Aschaffenburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 23, 1997
• Grant date: Jun 27, 2000
• Expiry date: Oct 23, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S414/13
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A forklift truck has a frame, a cab including a roof to protect the driver and a lift support structure connected to the frame. A load-carrying fork is mounted on the lift support structure for vertical movement and the lift support structure, the roof and the frame are all welded together to form a single load-bearing assembly.