Driver assist device and industrial truck with driver assist device
AssigneeLinde Material Handling GmbH
InventorPeter Adami
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Abstract
A driver assist device is described for an industrial truck (1) with at least one steered wheel (21) at the rear end of the truck. The driver assist device is located on the industrial truck (1) and projects a lighting effect on the roadway (13). The lighting effect marks a peripheral path (12) of the external periphery (14) of the rear end (15) of the truck on the roadway (13) for a selected steering angle as the industrial truck travels in a curve.
Claims14
A driver assist device for an industrial truck having at least one steered wheel at a rear end of the truck, which driver assist device comprises:
- a light source configured to be mounted on an industrial truck and to project a lighting effect on a roadway, wherein the lighting effect marks a peripheral path of an external peripheral surface of a rear end of the industrial truck as the industrial truck travels on a curve,
- wherein the peripheral path is marked beginning from a rear end of the truck to a maximum lateral deviation with reference to a longitudinal axis of the truck.
An industrial truck comprising:
- at least one steered wheel at the rear end of the truck;
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- a driver assist device comprising at least one light source mounted on the industrial truck,
- wherein the driver assist device projects a lighting effect on a roadway, and wherein the lighting effect marks a peripheral path of an outside peripheral surface of the rear end of the industrial truck on the roadway for a selected steering angle as the industrial truck travels on a curve, and
- wherein the peripheral path is marked beginning from the rear end of the truck to a maximum lateral deviation with reference to a longitudinal axis of the truck.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.