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Drive and steering unit for a wheel of a floor conveyor

US7654350B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Jungheinrich AG · DE

Inventors

Frank Manken · Henstedt-Ulzburg, DE
Ulf Schipper · Ulm, DE
Martin von Werder · Ahrensburg, DE
Hans Wrede · Norderstedt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 24, 2006
Grant date	Feb 2, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 22, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60L2220/46
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Drive and steering unit for a wheel of a floor conveyor, in which a driving motor and a steering motor are disposed coaxially one below the other and are each one coupled via a drive gear or a steering gear, respectively, with a shaft of the wheel or the bearing equipment of the wheel, respectively, wherein one shaft extends as a hollow shaft and the other shaft extends through the hollow shaft, and an electronic control for the driving motor and the steering motor, which is connected with desired value transmitters for the rotational speed and the steering angle, characterised in that the electronic control has at least one circuit board which is coaxially arranged between the driving motor and the steering motor and/or the steering motor and the steering gear.

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