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US 8,963,704 B2Granted
Driver assist device for an industrial truck and industrial truck with driver assist device
AssigneeLinde Material Handling GmbH
InventorPeter Adami
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Abstract
A driver assist device is provided for an industrial truck (1) that has a load handling device (5). The driver assist device, when located on the industrial truck (1), projects a lighting effect onto the roadway (13). The lighting effect forms a position marking (12) of the load handling device (5) on the roadway (13) which will be reached by the load handling device (5) for a particular steering angle after the industrial truck (1) travels around a curve by a defined curve angle.
Claims17
A driver assist device for an industrial truck having a load handling device, comprising:
- a light source configured to project a lighting effect on a roadway, wherein the lighting effect forms a position marking of at least a portion of a load handling device on the roadway reached by the load handling device for a particular steering angle of the industrial truck after the industrial truck travels around a curve at a defined curve angle.
An industrial truck, comprising:
- a load handling device;
- and
- a driver assist device comprising a light source configured to project a lighting effect on a roadway, wherein the lighting effect forms a position marking of at least a portion of the load handling device on the roadway reached by the load handling device for a particular steering angle of the industrial truck after the industrial truck travels around a curve at a defined curve angle.
A system comprising:
- a storage rack;
- at least one industrial truck comprising a load handling device and a driver assist device having a light source configured to project a lighting effect on a roadway, wherein the lighting effect forms a position marking of at least a portion of the load handling device on the roadway reached by the load handling device for a particular steering angle of the industrial truck after the industrial truck travels around a curve at a defined curve angle, wherein the load handling device is guided on a lifting mast;
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- markings located on the roadway in front of the storage rack for orientation of the position marking for storage spaces located on upper shelf compartments.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.