The invention relates to a method for controlling a motion of a counter balance forklift truck, the method comprises: detecting that a steering command generated with an endless rotating steering device corresponds to a reference steering point, in response to the detection providing at least two states for selecting a travel direction of the counter balance truck, detecting a selected state in accordance with a detection of a change in a steering command, and generating control signals individually to a plurality of electric drive motors for controlling the motion of the counter balance truck to meet the travel direction selected with the steering device. The invention also relates to a forklift truck implementing the method and to a computer program product.
Steering of forklift trucks
2024-06-25
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B66F HOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING, OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCE DIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD , Hub-, Verhol- oder Schubvorrichtungen, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen, z.B. Vorrichtungen mit unmittelbarer Krafteinwirkung auf die Last / G05D SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES , Systeme zum Steuern oder Regeln nichtelektrischer veränderlicher Größen |
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