IP Library Granted Patent US 10,457,534
Granted Patent B2
US 10,457,534 · App. 15/755,727 · Granted Oct 29, 2019

Heavy-duty lift truck

Inventors: Mike Hegewald (Düsseldorf, DE); Lars Michael Theiβen (Jüchen, DE); Heinz Ishorst (Düsseldorf, DE)
Assignee: Konecranes Global Corporation
B66F9/07572B60K6/28B60L1/003B60L7/26B66F9/24B60L2200/42B60L2220/12B60W2300/121
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Patent No.
US 10,457,534
App. No.
15/755,727
Granted
Oct 29, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A heavy-duty lift truck designed as a mast-based apparatus comprising a mast, a load accepting means is mounted on the mast in such a way that it can be raised and lowered, and the heavy-duty lift truck is designed at least for a load capacity of 8 tons, with the heavy-duty lift truck comprising a powertrain with a travel drive that comprises an electric drive unit whereby the heavy-duty lift truck has greater energy efficiency.

Claims (14)

1. A heavy-duty lift truck which is designed as a mast-based apparatus having a mast, wherein a load pick-up device is disposed so that it can be raised and lowered on the mast and the heavy-duty lift truck is arranged at least for a maximum load capacity of 8 t, wherein the heavy-duty lift truck comprises a power train with a travelling drive, wherein the travelling drive comprises an electric drive unit, and wherein the electric drive unit comprises an assembly with a direct voltage supply bus, an inverter connected thereto, a braking resistor connected to the inverter and an electric motor which can be actuated via the inverter and the electric motor is drivingly connected to a driving axle of the heavy-duty lift truck, and wherein the electric drive unit is connected via an electric line to a battery in order to be supplied with power, and wherein a direct current power controller is connected via a second electric line to the first electric line and a system battery and a vehicle computer are connected to the direct current power controller.

2. The heavy-duty lift truck as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the electric drive unit is connected via a synchronous generator and a rectifier to an internal combustion engine in order to be supplied with power.

3. The heavy-duty lift truck as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the assembly comprises a direct current power controller and a capacitor, and wherein the capacitor is connected via the direct current power controller to the direct voltage supply bus.

4. The heavy-duty lift truck as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the power train comprises, as further drives, a steering drive, a tilting drive for tilting the mast, a lifting drive for raising and lowering the load pick-up device, a locking drive for locking a rear axle and/or a front axle of the heavy-duty lift truck and at least one additional drive for a function of the load pick-up device.

5. The heavy-duty lift truck as claimed in claim 4 , wherein at least one of the further drives is designed as a hydraulic drive which comprises a hydraulic pump.

6. The heavy-duty lift truck as claimed in claim 4 , wherein at least one of the further drives is connected to a power take-off gear.

7. The heavy-duty lift truck as claimed in claim 4 , wherein at least one of the further drives comprises an electric drive unit with an inverter and an electric motor which can be actuated via the inverter and the further drive is connected via the inverter to the direct voltage supply bus.

8. The heavy-duty lift truck as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the lifting drive is designed without hydraulic means and comprises an electric drive unit with an inverter and an electric motor which can be actuated via the inverter and the electric drive unit is connected via the inverter to the direct voltage supply bus and the electric motor is drivingly connected to a lifting device in order to drive the lifting device to raise or lower the load pick-up device.

9. The heavy-duty lift truck as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a fan is connected to the direct voltage supply bus via an inverter.

10. The heavy-duty lift truck as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the heavy-duty lift truck is designed as a container stacker, and the load pick-up device of which is designed as a spreader frame.

11. The heavy-duty lift truck as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the assembly comprises a direct current power controller and a capacitor, and wherein the capacitor is connected via the direct current power controller to the direct voltage supply bus.

12. The heavy-duty lift truck as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the power train comprises, as further drives, a steering drive, a tilting drive for tilting the mast, a lifting drive for raising and lowering the load pick-up device, a locking drive for locking a rear axle and/or a front axle of the heavy-duty lift truck and at least one additional drive for a function of the load pick-up device.

13. The heavy-duty lift truck as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the power train comprises, as further drives, a steering drive, a tilting drive for tilting the mast, a lifting drive for raising and lowering the load pick-up device, a locking drive for locking a rear axle and/or a front axle of the heavy-duty lift truck and at least one additional drive for a function of the load pick-up device.

14. The heavy-duty lift truck as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the power train comprises, as further drives, a steering drive, a tilting drive for tilting the mast, a lifting drive for raising and lowering the load pick-up device, a locking drive for locking a rear axle and/or a front axle of the heavy-duty lift truck and at least one additional drive for a function of the load pick-up device.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 29, 2018
From: DEMAG CRANES & COMPONENTS GMBH
To: KONECRANES GLOBAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046463/0654 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 15, 2018
From: TEREX MHPS GMBH
To: DEMAG CRANES & COMPONENTS GMBH
Reel/Frame 046162/0643 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 27, 2018
From: HEGEWALD, MIKE; THEISSEN, LARS MICHAEL; ISHORST, HEINZ
To: TEREX MHPS GMBH
Reel/Frame 045051/0135 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2015 118 535 · Oct 29, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190023544A1 · Jan 24, 2019