US 12,252,866 B2
Loader with pivoting battery array support
Don Vollmar, Mequon, WI (US); Tyler James Handel, Menomonee Falls, WI (US); and Kyle Ressler, West Bend, WI (US)
Assigned to Manitou Equipment America, LLC, West Bend, WI (US)
Appl. No. 17/905,730
Filed by Manitou Equipment America, LLC, West Bend, WI (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 25, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/019611
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 6, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/178202, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 10, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/986,481, filed on Mar. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0109143 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. E02F 9/08 (2006.01); B60K 7/00 (2006.01); B60K 17/04 (2006.01); B60K 17/356 (2006.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B60L 50/64 (2019.01); B62D 11/04 (2006.01); E02F 3/28 (2006.01); E02F 3/36 (2006.01); E02F 9/18 (2006.01); E02F 9/20 (2006.01)
CPC E02F 9/207 (2013.01) [B60K 7/0007 (2013.01); B60K 17/046 (2013.01); B60K 17/356 (2013.01); B60L 50/66 (2019.02); B62D 11/04 (2013.01); E02F 3/283 (2013.01); E02F 3/3663 (2013.01); E02F 9/0808 (2013.01); E02F 9/0891 (2013.01); E02F 9/18 (2013.01); B60K 2007/0038 (2013.01); B60L 2200/40 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/415 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric loader comprising:
a chassis including a front end, a rear end, a first side extending between the front end and the rear end, and a second side extending between the front end and the rear end, the second side being offset from and parallel with the first side, the first and second sides being generally perpendicular to the front and rear ends;
a first external drive assembly coupled to and supporting the chassis at the first side relative to a surface;
a second external drive assembly coupled to and supporting the chassis at the second side relative to the surface;
a battery panel pivotally supported at the rear end of the chassis between an upright, locked position in which the battery panel is positioned within the chassis and an open, unlocked position in which the battery panel extends at least partially outside of the chassis; and
a plurality of batteries electrically coupled to at least one motor and fastened to the battery panel.