Linde Material Handling Gmbh

Arne Eckhoff

Udo Herrmann

Daniel Just

Michael Harsche

Marc Reinbott

Joachim Kunkel

An industrial truck () has a compartment for an energy supply unit () having a lateral opening (). A retaining apparatus () is provided for fixing the energy supply unit () in position in the lateral direction and a contacting apparatus () is provided for the electrical connection of the energy supply unit () with the industrial truck. The retaining apparatus () can pivot between a retaining position and a removal position, and a vehicle-side coupling element () of the contacting apparatus () is located on the retaining apparatus (). In the retaining position of the retaining apparatus (), the vehicle-side coupling element () is above the energy supply unit () and in the removal position the retaining apparatus () with the vehicle-side coupling element () is outside the range of motion of the energy supply unit ().

Industrial truck, in particular a counterweighted fork lift truck

A chassis for a battery-operated industrial truck has a center chassis section () configured to hold a battery block. The center chassis section () is open on top, has a forward transverse wall (), a rear transverse wall (), an open side wall () provided with a lateral battery compartment opening (B), and a closed side wall () which is at a distance from the open side wall () in the transverse direction of the chassis. The center chassis section () has a chassis bottom () in the form of a rigid and torsion-resistant hollow body.

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Aschaffenburg, Germany

Arne Eckhoff