Lockable fork systems and methods for industrial vehicles
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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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Abstract
A battery box and fork system for a vehicle having a first fork and a second fork configured to support one or more pallets positioned along a length of the first fork and the second fork. The first fork and the second fork are each independently lockable at their heel ends to a battery box.
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1. A battery box and fork arrangement for a vehicle, comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A modular lockable fork for a vehicle, comprising:
a heel end and a toe end, wherein the heel end comprises (i) a first surface configured to be locked to a battery box, the first surface including a first locking component configured to engage a locking component of the battery box when the first surface locks to the battery box, and (ii) a second surface configured to be locked to a torsion member coupled to the battery box, the second surface including a second locking component configured to engage a locking component of the torsion member when the second surface locks to the torsion member. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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