Swing suppressing device for industrial vehicle
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho
InventorYasutaka Suzuki
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Abstract
A swing suppressing device includes a damper that may switch over between an expansion/retraction enable condition and an expansion/retraction disable condition; and a link mechanism for coupling the damper and the axle with each other. The damper is disposed with its expansion/retraction direction substantially in a horizontal direction between the vehicle body and the axle, and with its one end being connected to the vehicle body and the other end being connected to the axle through the link mechanism. The link mechanism converts the swing motion in the up-and-down direction of the axle and transmits it to the damper.
Claims4
A swing suppressing device for suppressing a swing motion of an axle that is mounted swingably up and down on a vehicle body of an industrial vehicle powered by a battery that is disposed above the axle, said swing suppressing device comprising:
- an axle that supports both rear wheels;
- one damper disposed below the battery, between the axle and the vehicle body, said damper having an expansion/retraction direction that is substantially horizontal, said damper pivotally attached to the vehicle body at a first end, said damper can be switched over between an expansion/retraction enable condition and an expansion/retraction disable condition;
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- a link mechanism pivotally coupled with a second end of said damper and with the axle, said link mechanism thereby converting a swing motion of the axle to a substantially horizontal motion transmitted to said damper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.