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Towing device for a towing vehicle

US8393632B2 · kind B2 · utility

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8References

11Claims

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Assignee

ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG · DE

Inventors

Jens Vortmeyer · Preußisch Oldendorf, DE
Michael Klank
Peter Hofmann · Bad Liebenzell, DE
Joachim Spratte · Osnabrück, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 27, 2010
Grant date	Mar 12, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 27, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60D1/58
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A towing device, for a towing vehicle, with a coupling shaft attached to the towing vehicle, a ball head mounted on the coupling shaft so that the ball head can rotate about a vertical axis, which can be coupled to a coupling counterpart of a trailer vehicle, and with an angle-measuring device by which rotation of the ball head about the vertical axis, relative to the coupling shaft, can be determined, and a force-measuring device by which force exerted by the ball head on the coupling shaft in the direction of the vertical axis can be determined.

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