Steering method and industrial truck
AssigneeHubtex Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG
InventorJuergen Keller
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Abstract
A steering method for an industrial truck includes providing the industrial truck comprising at least two driven wheels configured to run in different tracks when moving in a longitudinal travel direction, each of the at least two driven wheels comprising a drive system. At least one first wheel of the at least two driven wheels is configured to be steerable in the longitudinal travel direction. At least one second wheel of the at least two driven wheels is configured to initially run on an inside during a cornering. The drive system of the at least one second wheel is disengaged from the longitudinal travel direction when a predetermined steering angle of the at least one first wheel is reached.
Claims5
A steering method for an industrial truck, the method comprising:
- providing the industrial truck comprising,
- at least two driven wheels configured to run in different tracks when moving in a longitudinal travel direction, each of the at least two driven wheels comprising a drive system,
- wherein,
- at least one first wheel of the at least two driven wheels is configured to be steerable in the longitudinal travel direction, and
- at least one second wheel of the at least two driven wheels is configured to initially run on an inside during a cornering;
- disengaging the drive system of the at least one second wheel from the longitudinal travel direction when a predetermined steering angle of the at least one first wheel is reached;
- reducing a driving power of the at least two driven wheels when the predetermined steering angle of the at least one first wheel is reached;
- recording a rotational speed of the at least one second wheel;
- and
- increasing the driving power of the at least two driven wheels when a drop below a predetermined minimum rotational speed occurs.
An industrial truck comprising:
- three driven wheels configured to run in different tracks when moving in a longitudinal travel direction, each of the three driven wheels comprising a drive system, the three wheels consisting of consisting of two first wheels configured to be steerable in the longitudinal travel direction, and one second wheel configured to initially run on an inside during a cornering;
- a driving power device configured to influence a driving power of the three driven wheels;
- an angle detection device configured to generate a signal when a steering angle of the two first wheels are detected, the angle detection device being operatively connected to the driving power device;
- and
- a steering program,
- wherein,
- the driving power device is configured to influence the driving power by interrupting the drive system of the one second wheel when the signal is identified,
- the three wheels are disposed so that, when the industrial truck moves in the longitudinal travel direction, the two first wheels run substantially behind each another in a same first track, and the second wheel runs in a different second track,
- the two first wheels are steerable to initiate the cornering from the longitudinal travel direction,
- the two first wheels are disposed so as to be steerable about their steering axes by a respective steering angle of 90° in a base position as a function of the steering program, and
- the angle detection device is configured so that the signal is generated when a center of steering defined by the two first wheels substantially meets a steering axis of the second wheel as a curve radius decreases.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.