Handle knob for industrial vehicle
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
InventorsKenichi Katae, Hisashi Ichijo
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Abstract
A steering wheel mounted on a forklift 1 is provided with a steering wheel knob 17 which can be operated with one hand holding it. The steering wheel knob 17 has an approximately egg-like shape with switches 46, 47 provided on its end face. Incorporated in the steering wheel knob 17 are a transmission circuit 49, which radio-transmits a signal when the switches 46, 47 are operated, and a battery 51. The signal transmitted from the steering wheel knob 17 is received by a reception section 68 on a vehicle body 2 and a controller 48 executes predetermined control based on that signal.
Claims32
A steering wheel knob for an industrial vehicle, which is provided on a steering wheel mounted on a vehicle via a steering shaft, said knob being projected from the steering wheel in a direction parallel to the axis of the steering shaft in order to be gripped by a driver at the time of operating the steering wheel to provide vehicle steering, wherein a wireless communication section capable of executing at least one of transmission and reception by radio communication is built in said knob.
A steering wheel knob for an industrial vehicle, which is provided on a steering wheel mounted on a vehicle via a steering shaft, said knob being projected from the steering wheel in a direction parallel to the axis of the steering shaft in order to be gripped by a driver at the time of operating the steering wheel to provide vehicle steering, wherein a wireless communication section capable of executing at least one of transmission and reception by radio communication is built in said knob and a communication target of said communication section is sited on a ground side.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.