A single drive three pivot fork lift truck includes a steering bridge, a steering motor that drives the steering bridge, and at least one rear wheel that is connected to the steering bridge. The forklift truck also includes a first sensor that senses rotational position of a steering wheel, a second sensor that senses rotation of the steering motor, and a controller that receives signals from the first sensor and second sensor and controls the steering motor. The forklift truck also includes a battery carried by the truck frame in a battery compartment located at the rear of the forklift truck, which can take the place of counterweight blocks.

A working machine having a front and a rear defined by the principal direction of travel, defining a fore-aft centreline, includes a body mounted on a ground-engaging structure to permit movement of the machine over the ground; an operator cab mounted on the body towards a first side of the centreline; a single lifting arm pivotably mounted towards an aft end of the body; a drive assembly comprising a first electric motor for providing power to the ground-engaging structure; and at least one high voltage electric energy storage unit, located aft of the cab. The lifting arm is located within a lifting arm housing. The lifting arm housing comprises first and second sidewalls. The first electric motor is located to a second side of the centreline, opposite the first side of the centreline. The or each electric energy storage unit is located to the cab side of the lifting arm housing.

A battery-powered work machine driven with a battery, includes: a body including a bottom and a pair of sides erecting from the bottom and including a first side and a second side; a control device of the work machine mounted on the bottom; a first fuse for a driving control device and a second fuse for a cargo-handling device, provided closer to the first side than the second side; a charging device for the battery, the charging device being mounted on the bottom; and a third fuse for the charging device, provided closer to the second side than the first side.

A rotary telescopic boom lift, which comprises at least one self-propelled machine, which can move over ground and supports in an upper region a rotating assembly, associated with the machine by way of a rotary coupling element. The assembly comprises at least one turret and an operating boom, which is articulated to the turret with a first end thereof. The boom lift comprises elements for supplying electrical power, at least for the movement of the machine, the rotation of the assembly and the actuation of the boom. Such elements comprise at least one first battery which is integrally supported by the machine and is arranged substantially below the element, and at least one second battery which is supported by the assembly and can rotate with respect to the machine integrally with this assembly. Such second battery is arranged substantially above the element.

In a forklift, a battery is arranged rearward from a cabin in the rear portion of a vehicle main body. A motor controller is arranged frontward from the battery. A traction motor and a material-handling motor are arranged frontward from a cooling fan. The cooling fan discharges a wind, flowing from the front to the rear of the vehicle main body, to the rear of the traction motor and the material-handling motor.

A battery-powered sit-down counterbalanced forklift truck for use in an indoor warehouse on a warehouse floor comprises a chassis, a chassis compartment, a battery, a motor, a plurality of wheels, a counterweight, an operator compartment, an operator compartment floor, and an operator seat. The operator compartment is above the chassis and attached to the chassis. The operator compartment floor is above the chassis compartment and below the operator compartment. The operator compartment floor is substantially flat, situated between the left side of the chassis and the right side of the chassis, and extends substantially all the way between the left side of the chassis and the right side of the chassis. The operator seat is in the operator compartment and comprises a backrest. The operator compartment floor extends rearward at least partially under the backrest of the operator seat.

Described is a telehandler (1) equipped with at an electric propulsion motor and with several containment compartments (100) for housing means (200, 300) for powering the motor. A compartment (100) is provided with an access opening to allow a user to insert or extract a source of electricity (200, 300) included in the power supply means. A plurality of electric batteries (200) is made available, each designed to be inserted in one of the compartments (100). An electricity generator apparatus (300) is provided for insertion in one of the compartments (100). The telehandler (1) is equipped with the following alternative power supply configurations: a fully electrical configuration wherein the power supply means comprise only one or more electric batteries (200); and a hybrid configuration wherein the power supply means include the electricity generator apparatus (300).

A working machine having a front and a rear defined by the principal direction of travel, the machine defining a fore-aft centerline, the machine comprising a body mounted on a ground-engaging structure to permit movement of the machine over the ground; an operator cab mounted on the body towards a first side of the centerline; a single lifting arm pivotably mounted towards an aft end of the body, the lifting arm being located within a lifting arm housing, wherein the lifting arm housing comprises a sidewall distal the cab; a drive assembly including a first electric motor for providing power to the ground-engaging structure; a first high voltage electric energy storage unit assembly, including at least one high voltage electric energy storage unit, located aft of the cab; and a second high voltage electric energy storage unit assembly, including at least one high voltage electric energy storage unit, located to a second side of the centerline, opposite the first side of the centerline.

A battery system for an industrial vehicle, the industrial vehicle including a frame having a vehicle contour defined by front, back, left, and right bounds of the frame, the left and right bounds at least partially defined by opposed outermost left and right portions of respective left and right sides of a battery compartment. The battery system includes a battery, and a counterweight assembly, wherein at least a portion is positioned underneath the battery. The battery system further includes a first sensor assembly positioned underneath the battery at one of the left or right side of the battery compartment. The first sensor assembly is completely located within the front, back, left, and right bounds of the frame so as to not increase the vehicle contour. The first sensor assembly includes a sensing device that monitors an area adjacent to the corresponding left or right side of the vehicle.

A forklift includes a vehicle body, a fork and a forward movement driving mechanism. The vehicle body includes a main body and two branch arms, the main body is provided with two ends opposite to each other, the two branch arms are respectively arranged at two ends of the main body and extend toward a rear of the vehicle body, the two branch arms are arranged opposite to each other and enclose with the main body to form an accommodating space, and a first mounting space is formed inside one of the branch arms. The fork is arranged in the accommodating space, the fork includes a first fork arm and a second fork arm, and the first fork arm is located above the second fork arm. The forward movement driving mechanism includes a first driving assembly and a second driving assembly.