INDUSTRIAL TRUCK WITH IMPROVED MOTOR COOLING

An industrial truck includes:- a frame (11, 14),- a lifting assembly (15) including a movable lifting element (13) for lifting a load (14),- at least an electrical motor (17) for the traction of wheels of the industrial truck, and- an axle structure (16) connected to the frame (14) of the truck by means of flanges (52) and constituted by a left portion (22), a right portion (21) and a housing (31, 32, 33) of the electrical motor, the housing (31, 32, 33) being interposed between the left portion (22) and the right portion (21), the housing (31, 32, 33) being joined to each of the left portion (22) and the right portion (21). Each of the left portion (22) and the right portion (21) comprises supporting means (51) for supporting the lifting assembly (15), and the housing of the electrical motor is configured to withstand a bending stress induced in the housing by the weight of the lifting assembly. The housing includes an outer surface (34) on which a power electronic module (35) for controlling the electric motor is mounted. A circumferential portion of the housing (33) surrounding the electrical motor around a motor axis includes one or more cooling ducts (41) only in a region between a recess (70) of the housing configured to accommodate the electric motor (17) and the outer surface (34) for cooling the power electronic module during the operation of the industrial truck, and wherein a gap (51) between a stator (18) and a rotor (19) of the electrical motor forms a cooling path for the circulation of cooling liquid to refrigerate the electrical motor.