Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho

Toshihiro Nishio

Shuji Ota

Yoshitaka Sato

Fork lift truck

A steering system for a forklift truck having a tiltable steering column which rotatably supports a steering shaft carrying a steering wheel. The tiltable steering column is pivotally supported between its operative position and its rest position, about a pivot axis parallel to an axis of rotation of drive wheels of the truck. The system comprises: a biasing spring for biasing the steering column toward its rest position; an engaging member provided on the steering column; a locking member for locking the steering column in the operative position, the locking member being supported movably between its locking position and its unlocking position, and when placed in the locking position, engaging the engaging member of the steering column in the operative position; and an actuator associated with the locking member to move the locking member to the unlocking position and thereby permit the steering column to be pivoted to the rest position under a biasing action of the biasing spring.

Steering system with tiltable steering column

The present invention relates to a shift lever mechanism for a transmission in a vehicle in which the driving mechanism is comprised of a differential case, a transmission case, a clutch housing and an engine which are connected respectively and characterized in that the first shifting fork shaft in the clutch is movably protruded through one wall portion of the transmission case, and connected to one end of a first connecting rod member, a first shift lever being connected to the other end portion of said first connecting rod member. The length of said rod member is greater than the lateral vibrational distance within the vehicle, so that the amount of vibration reaching the shift lever from the transmission is greatly reduced to improve ease of shifting and ensure a positive shift.

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Takahama, Japan

Toshihiro Nishio