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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2013
Applicant:
Komatsu Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Shinji Kaneko, Oyama, JP;
Taishi Oiwa, Naka-gun, JP;
Assignee:
Komatsu Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66F 9/075 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66F 9/07572 (2013.01);
Abstract
A forklift including a variable displacement HST pump driven by an engine, a hydraulic motor that forms a closed circuit with the HST pump therebetween and is driven by hydraulic oil discharged from the HST pump, and driving wheels driven by the hydraulic motor, wherein a control device calculates an inching rate corresponding to an operation amount of an inching pedal, and sets a lower limit of the inching rate to a value greater than 0, only in a state in which both of an accelerator pedal and the inching pedal are operated.