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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2004
Bernhard Götz, Aschaffenburg, DE;
Bernhard Götz, Aschaffenburg, DE;
Linde Aktiengesellschaft, Wiesbaden, DE;
Abstract
A drive device for an industrial truck includes a pivoted bolster rotatable around a vertical axis (V), two drive wheels () mounted on the pivoted bolster and a device located axially between the drive wheels () to generate a differential action between the drive wheels (). A vertically oriented motor () can be provided above the drive wheels () and a mechanical differential () can be coupled with the motor () and the drive wheels (). Alternatively, each drive wheel (or) can be coupled with its own motor (or). Alternatively still, a double rotor electric motor () having two rotors () and a common stator () can be located between the drive wheels (or) and coupled with a neighboring drive wheel (or).