Steering device and cargo handling vehicle
AssigneeMitsubishi Logisnext Co., Ltd.
InventorsMasahiro Yoshioka, Takuya Sano
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Abstract
A cargo handling vehicle includes a universal joint that allows an upper shaft to swing with respect to a lower shaft around a predetermined horizontal axis, a column tube that covers an outer periphery of the upper shaft, and a lockable gas spring that supports the upper shaft via the column tube. The gas spring is disposed under the column tube and connects a cowl with the column tube. The column tube has a cowl backing bracket that is disposed on a side of the universal joint and connected to the cowl, and the cowl supports the cowl backing bracket swingably around the horizontal axis.
Claims6
A steering device that is connected to a cowl of a main vehicle body, the steering device comprising:
- a steering handle;
- an upper shaft to which the steering handle is connected;
- a lower shaft that is disposed below the upper shaft and fixed to the main vehicle body;
- a universal joint that connects the upper shaft with the lower shaft and allows the upper shaft to swing with respect to the lower shaft around a predetermined horizontal axis;
- a column tube that covers an outer periphery of the upper shaft;
- a lockable gas spring that supports the upper shaft via the column tube;
- and
- a tilt lock release lever that releases lock of the gas spring,
- wherein the gas spring is disposed under the column tube and connects the cowl with the column tube,
- wherein the tilt lock release lever is disposed above the gas spring and under the column tube,
- wherein the column tube has a cowl backing bracket that is disposed on a side of the universal joint and connected to the cowl,
- wherein the cowl backing bracket is supported by the cowl so as to swing around the horizontal axis
- wherein a lock release pin is provided on an upper end portion of the gas spring,
- wherein the gas spring is extendable and contractible when the lock release pin is pressed,
- wherein the gas spring is not extendable and contractible when the lock release pin is not pressed,
- wherein the tilt lock release lever is swingable with respect to the column tube, and configured to have a bar member and a pin pressing member, and
- wherein the pin pressing member presses the lock release pin when the bar member is pulled down.
A cargo handling vehicle comprising:
- a main vehicle body;
- a cowl that is fixed to the main vehicle body;
- a steering handle;
- an upper shaft to which the steering handle is connected;
- a lower shaft that is disposed below the upper shaft and fixed to the main vehicle body;
- a universal joint that connects the upper shaft with the lower shaft and allows the upper shaft to swing with respect to the lower shaft around a predetermined horizontal axis;
- a column tube that covers an outer periphery of the upper shaft;
- a lockable gas spring that supports the upper shaft via the column tube;
- and
- a tilt lock release lever that releases lock of the gas spring,
- wherein the gas spring is disposed under the column tube and connects the cowl with the column tube,
- wherein the tilt lock release lever is disposed above the gas spring and under the column tube,
- wherein the column tube has a cowl backing bracket that is disposed on a side of the universal joint and connected to the cowl,
- wherein the cowl supports the cowl backing bracket swingably around the horizontal axis,
- wherein a lock release pin is provided on an upper end portion of the gas spring,
- wherein the gas spring is extendable and contractible when the lock release pin is pressed,
- wherein the gas spring is not extendable and contractible when the lock release pin is not pressed,
- wherein the tilt lock release lever is swingable with respect to the column tube, and configured to have a bar member and a pin pressing member, and
- wherein the pin pressing member presses the lock release pin when the bar member is pulled down.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.