A lift truck has a pair of driven wheels 108, 110 at one end, each with an independently controllable electrical motor, and at least one steerable wheel 104, 106 at the other end. A sensor, preferably a linear sensor, measures a signal indicating the distance between a fixed point (CP, Figure 13) on the lift truck chassis and a moveable point (RP, Figure 13) associated with the steering gear of steerable wheel 104, 106, whose output is provided to a controller to derive a lateral distance to a common centre 102 of turning circles associated with wheels of the truck. The controller calculates a required drive speed for the electric motor of each driven wheel 108, 110 according to the distance of that wheel from the calculated common centre of turning circles, and outputs a respective independent motor control signal effective to cause the drive motors to drive the driven wheels at the calculated speeds,


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    Titel :

    Differential steering arrangement for electrically driven lift trucks


    Beteiligte:
    MARTIN MCVICAR (Autor:in) / ROBERT MOFFET (Autor:in) / MARK WHYTE (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    06.12.2023


    Medientyp :

    Patent


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Klassifikation :

    IPC:    B62D MOTOR VEHICLES , Motorfahrzeuge



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