Stand-up riding type cargo handling vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10793408-B2
Application number	US-201715770755-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 31, 2017
Priority date	Nov 9, 2016
Publication date	Oct 6, 2020
Grant date	Oct 6, 2020

Abstract

Provided is a stand-up riding type cargo handling vehicle capable of reliably preventing traveling with the foot of an operator kept protruding outside a vehicle. The stand-up riding type cargo handling vehicle includes a boarding floor which an operator boards; a first foot pedal and a second foot pedal that are provided on the boarding floor, and a control unit that is connected to the first and second foot pedals. The first foot pedal is disposed at a position corresponding to the left foot of the operator who gets aboard facing forward; the second foot pedal is disposed at a position corresponding to the right foot of the operator who gets aboard facing forward, and is divided into a front foot pedal and a rear foot pedal in a forward/backward direction; and the front and rear foot pedals are separated by a predetermined amount in the forward/backward direction. The control unit permits or prevents traveling of the cargo handling vehicle on the basis of a state in which the first foot pedal, the front foot pedal, and the rear foot pedal are stepped on; and the control unit permits a hydraulic operation of the cargo handling vehicle in a case in which the front foot pedal is stepped on, and prevents the hydraulic operation in cases other than this case.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A stand-up riding type cargo handling vehicle comprising: a boarding floor which an operator boards; first and second foot pedals that are provided on the boarding floor, and a control unit that is connected to the first and second foot pedals,
wherein: the first foot pedal is disposed at a position corresponding to a left foot of the operator who gets aboard facing forward; the second foot pedal is disposed at a position corresponding to a right foot of the operator who gets aboard facing forward, and is divided into a front foot pedal and a rear foot pedal in a forward/backward direction; the front foot pedal and the rear foot pedal are separated by a predetermined amount in the forward/backward direction, and the control unit permits or prevents traveling of the cargo handling vehicle on the basis of a state in which the first foot pedal, the front foot pedal and the rear foot pedal are stepped on; and
the control unit permits a hydraulic operation of the cargo handling vehicle in a case in which the front foot pedal is stepped on, and prevents the hydraulic operation in cases other than this case.

2. The stand-up riding type cargo handling vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit permits traveling of the cargo handling vehicle in a case in which all of the first foot pedal, the front foot pedal, and the rear foot pedal are stepped on, and prevents traveling in cases other than this case.

3. The stand-up riding type cargo handling vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the front foot pedal and the rear foot pedal are made to be pivotable relative to the boarding floor by hinges, each of which has a rotational axis extending in a leftward/rightward direction.

4. The stand-up riding type cargo handling vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein one of the hinges is provided at a front portion of the front foot pedal, and the other hinge is provided at a rear portion of the rear foot pedal.

5. The stand-up riding type cargo handling vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein one of the hinges is provided at a rear portion of the front foot pedal, and the other hinge is provided at a front portion of the rear foot pedal.

6. The stand-up riding type cargo handling vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein the hinges are respectively provided at front portions of the front and rear foot pedals.

7. The stand-up riding type cargo handling vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein the hinges are respectively provided at rear portions of the front and rear foot pedals.

8. The stand-up riding type cargo handling vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the front foot pedal and the rear foot pedal are made to be pivotable relative to the boarding floor by hinges, each of which has a rotational axis extending in a leftward/rightward direction.

9. The stand-up riding type cargo handling vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein one of the hinges is provided at a front portion of the front foot pedal, and the other hinge is provided at a rear portion of the rear foot pedal.

10. The stand-up riding type cargo handling vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein one of the hinges is provided at a rear portion of the front foot pedal, and the other hinge is provided at a front portion of the rear foot pedal.

11. The stand-up riding type cargo handling vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein the hinges are respectively provided at front portions of the front and rear foot pedals.

12. The stand-up riding type cargo handling vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein the hinges are respectively provided at rear portions of the front and rear foot pedals.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Logisnext Co Ltd

Inventors

• Onishi Mariko

Classifications

• B66F9/24 Primary

  Electrical devices or systems · CPC title

• G05G1/01

  Arrangements of two or more controlling members with respect to one another (double foot control, e.g. for instruction vehicles G05G1/34; mounting units comprising an assembly with two or more pedals G05G1/36) · CPC title

• B66F9/22

  Hydraulic devices or systems · CPC title

• B60Y2200/15

  Fork lift trucks, Industrial trucks · CPC title

• G05G5/28

  for preventing unauthorised access to the controlling member or its movement to a command position · CPC title