Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho

Hiroyuki Fujimori

Kazuo Ishikawa

Takaki Ogawa

Masakatsu Suzuki

Kazuo Komori

An industrial vehicle has a body frame and an axle, which supports wheels and is pivotally supported by the body frame. A potentiometer is supported on the body frame and is spaced apart from the pivot axis of the axle by a predetermined distance. The potentiometer detects the pivot angle of the axle. A link mechanism amplifies motion of axle pivot and converts the axle motion into rotational or linear motion. The link mechanism then actuates the potentiometer in accordance with the converted motion.

Axle pivot angle detecting apparatus for industrial vehicle and industrial vehicle

A forklift has an inner mast parallel to an outer mast and a fork vertically movable in accordance with a vertical movement of the inner mast. An apparatus for detecting the vertical position of the fork has a lever that is displaced when engaged by the inner mast when the inner mast is located in a predetermined vertical region. The lever intersects the path of the inner mast. The apparatus also includes a switch that is actuated by the lever.

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Kariya, Japan

Hiroyuki Fujimori