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Lockable fork systems and methods for industrial vehicles

  • US 10,549,972 B1
  • Filed: 11/21/2018
  • Issued: 02/04/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2018
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A battery box and fork arrangement for a vehicle, comprising:

  • a battery box configured to retain a battery, the battery box comprising a base plate including a first locking component and a second locking component;

    a torsion member coupled to the base plate, the torsion member including a first side arranged substantially orthogonally to the base plate, the torsion member first side including a third locking component, and a second side arranged substantially orthogonally to the base plate, the torsion member second side including a fourth locking component;

    a first fork comprising a heel end and a toe end, wherein the heel end of the first fork comprises (i) a first surface configured to be locked to the base plate first locking component and including a fifth locking component configured to engage the first locking component of the base plate when the first surface locks to the base plate, and (ii) a second surface configured to be locked to the torsion member first side and including a sixth locking component configured to engage the third locking component of the torsion member first side when the second surface locks to the torsion member first side; and

    a second fork comprising a heel end and a toe end, wherein the heel end of the second fork comprises (i) a first surface configured to be locked to the base plate second locking component and including a seventh locking component configured to engage the second locking component of the base plate when the first surface locks to the base plate, and (ii) a second surface configured to be locked to the torsion member second side and including an eighth locking component configured to engage the fourth locking component of the torsion member second side when the second surface locks to the torsion member second side.

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