IP Library Granted Patent US 7,441,494
Granted Patent B2
US 7,441,494 · App. 11/481,554 · Granted Oct 28, 2008

Industrial truck having a lifting mast and tilting cylinders having an integrated hydraulic distributor

Assignee: Linde Material Handling GmbH
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Patent No.
US 7,441,494
App. No.
11/481,554
Granted
Oct 28, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

An industrial truck includes a tiltable lifting mast ( 1 ), a first tilting cylinder ( 2 ), and a second tilting cylinder ( 3 ). The two tilting cylinders ( 2, 3 ) are of double-acting design and are connected hydraulically in parallel. Two hydraulic lines ( 5, 6 ) are provided for the purpose of supplying hydraulic fluid to the tilting cylinders ( 2, 3 ). In order to simplify the design of the industrial truck, according to the invention the hydraulic lines ( 5, 6 ) open out at the cylinder base of the first tilting cylinder ( 2 ) and/or at a component (joint eye 10 ) adjacent thereto, the cylinder base and/or the component (joint eye 10 ) being formed at least partially as a hydraulic distributor.

Claims (24)

1. An industrial truck, comprising:

a tiltable lifting mast;

a first tilting cylinder;

a second tilting cylinder, the two tilting cylinders being of double-acting design and being connected hydraulically in parallel; and

two hydraulic lines provided for supplying the tilting cylinders,

wherein the hydraulic lines are connected to a region of a cylinder base of the first tilting cylinder and are configured to open out at the cylinder base of the first tilting cylinder and/or at a component adjacent to the cylinder base, the cylinder base and/or the component being formed at least partially as a hydraulic distributor.

2. The industrial truck according to claim 1 , wherein, starting from the cylinder base of the first tilting cylinder, a base-side hydraulic branch line is passed to a cylinder base of the second tilting cylinder and a channel incorporated in the cylinder base is passed to the base-side piston chamber of the first tilting cylinder, and two head-side hydraulic branch lines are passed firstly to the cylinder head side of the first tilting cylinder and secondly to the cylinder head side of the second tilting cylinder.

3. The industrial truck according to claim 1 , wherein the tilting cylinders are arranged at a top of the truck, the cylinder tubes each being fixed in an articulated fashion to the lifting mast, and the piston rods each being fixed in an articulated fashion to a vehicle frame, and the distributor being integrated in a joint eye, which is connected to the cylinder tube of the first tilting cylinder.

4. The industrial truck according to claim 1 , wherein the component is a joint eye.

5. The industrial truck according to claim 1 , wherein, starting from the component adjacent to the cylinder base of the first tilting cylinder, a base-side hydraulic branch line is passed to a cylinder base of the second tilting cylinder and a channel incorporated in the component adjacent to the cylinder base is passed to the base-side piston chamber of the first tilting cylinder, and two head-side hydraulic branch lines are passed firstly to the cylinder head side of the first tilting cylinder and secondly to the cylinder head side of the second tilting cylinder.

6. An industrial truck, comprising:

a tiltable lifting mast;

a first tilting cylinder;

a second tilting cylinder, the two tilting cylinders being of double-acting design and being connected hydraulically in parallel; and

two hydraulic lines provided for supplying the tilting cylinders,

wherein the hydraulic lines open out at a cylinder base of the first tilting cylinder and/or at a component adjacent thereto, the cylinder base and/or the component being formed at least partially as a hydraulic distributor, and

wherein the tilting cylinders are arranged at a top of the truck, the cylinder tubes each being fixed in an articulated fashion to the lifting mast, and the piston rods each being fixed in an articulated fashion to a vehicle frame, and the distributor being integrated in a joint eye, which is connected to the cylinder tube of the first tilting cylinder.

7. An industrial truck, comprising:

a tiltable lifting mast;

a first tilting cylinder;

a second tilting cylinder, the two tilting cylinders being of double-acting design and being connected hydraulically in parallel; and

two hydraulic lines provided for supplying the tilting cylinders,

wherein the hydraulic lines open out at a cylinder base of the first tilting cylinder and/or at a component adjacent thereto, the cylinder base and/or the component being formed at least partially as a hydraulic distributor, and

wherein the component is a joint eye.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2007
From: LINDE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
To: LINDE MATERIAL HANDLING GMBH
Reel/Frame 019688/0911 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 29, 2006
From: AULBACH, HOLGER; ELSESSER, PETER; STEIGERWALD, DIETER; STENKE, WALTER
To: LINDE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 018327/0533 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2005 031 758 · Jul 7, 2005 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20070031230A1 · Feb 8, 2007