Support roller, vehicle with a support roller and method for stabilizing a vehicle
AssigneeBlickle RäDer + Rollen GmbH U. Co. KG
InventorRolf Hölle
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Abstract
A support roller (30, 30′) for supporting a vehicle on an underlying surface, comprising at least one bearing element which is at least indirectly connectable to at least one supporting structure of the vehicle, at least one fork connected to the bearing element, and at least one wheel (90, 90′) which is mounted in the fork so as to be rotatable about a first rolling axis (R) and can be brought into contact with the underlying surface, at least one sensing device (190 ) for sensing at least one supporting force with which the wheel (90, 90′) is supported on the underlying surface. A vehicle, in particular an industrial truck, comprising at least one support roller and a method for stabilizing a vehicle.
Claims34
A support roller for supporting a vehicle on a ground, comprising:
- at least one bearing element connected at least indirectly to at least one support structure of the vehicle,
- at least one fork connected to the bearing element and at least one wheel rotatably mounted in the fork about a first rolling axis and configurable to be in contact with the ground,
- at least one sensing device for detecting at least one supporting force with which the wheel is supported on the ground,
- wherein the bearing element is designed in the form of at least one pivot bearing and rotation of the fork about a pivot axis running essentially perpendicular to the rolling axis is possible by means of the pivot bearing, it being possible to force the fork, rolling axis, or combination thereof, into at least one predetermined position relative to the bearing element, support structure, or combination thereof, with respect to the pivot axis by means of at least one first return device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.