Industrial truck with integrated vehicle control and battery charging system

US7023174B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• STILL GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Georg Fromme · Seevetal, DE
• Ansgar Bergmann · Bargteheide, DE
• Marc Wede · Ahrensburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 18, 2003
• Grant date: Apr 4, 2006
• Expiry date: May 17, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T90/14
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A battery-operated vehicle, in particular to an industrial truck, includes an electronic control unit (2) and an on-board charging function. Instead of a separate charging unit, the invention teaches that the control unit (2) also regulates the charging function.