US 12,434,953 B2
Forklift, cargo handling system, loading method, and forklift control device
Tomoya Okuda, Tokyo (JP); Megumu Tsuruta, Tokyo (JP); Tatsuya Sato, Tokyo (JP); Naoto Kawauchi, Tokyo (JP); Mitsuhisa Kawabe, Tokyo (JP); Masayuki Ishikawa, Tokyo (JP); Noriyuki Hasegawa, Tokyo (JP); Keitaro Kamata, Tokyo (JP); Yusuke Otaki, Tokyo (JP); Yu Shibata, Tokyo (JP); Sho Onodera, Tokyo (JP); Kensuke Nishiura, Tokyo (JP); and Ei Onogawa, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Feb. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/170,092.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-024559 (JP), filed on Feb. 21, 2022; and application No. 2022-180571 (JP), filed on Nov. 10, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0264934 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. B66F 9/10 (2006.01); B66F 9/06 (2006.01)
CPC B66F 9/10 (2013.01) [B66F 9/063 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
3. A cargo handling system comprising:
a forklift comprising:
a vehicle that is travelable on a road surface; and
a cargo handling device that is provided on the vehicle, wherein
the cargo handling device includes
a mast that extends in a vertical direction at a front portion of the vehicle,
a lift bracket that is provided on the mast to be movable upward and downward, and
a pair of forks that includes claw portions extending to a front side from the lift bracket, the forks being separated from each other in a vehicle width direction,
the vehicle includes
a vehicle main body, and
a pair of straddle legs that is provided such that the straddle legs extend to the front side from a lower portion of the vehicle main body and the cargo handling device is interposed between the straddle legs in the vehicle width direction and that supports the mast such that the cargo handling device is movable forward and backward between an advance position and a retreat position, and
front ends of the claw portions are positioned behind front ends of the straddle legs when the cargo handling device is at the retreat position; and
a pallet that includes a placement surface on which a cargo is placed from an upper side, a non-placement surface that faces a side opposite to the placement surface, and a fork pocket that is disposed between the placement surface and the non-placement surface and into which the pair of forks is insertable, wherein
the claw portion includes a retaining surface that faces a lower side and that faces an inner surface of the fork pocket when the pair of forks is inserted into the fork pocket,
the straddle leg includes a receiving surface that faces the upper side,
the receiving surface faces the non-placement surface at a position closest to the non-placement surface when the pair of forks supports the pallet and the cargo handling device is at the retreat position,
the inner surface of the fork pocket is composed of an upper surface that faces the lower side, a lower surface that faces the upper side and that faces the upper surface, and side surfaces connecting the upper surface and the lower surface to each other, and
the forklift further includes a centering mechanism that is provided at the claw portion and that presses the side surfaces to position the claw portion within the fork pocket when the claw portion is pressed toward the lower surface inside the fork pocket.