Coupling component, system for coupling and method for mounting a coupling component
AssigneeSAF-HOLLAND GmbH
InventorsMark Hartmann, Mario Sebastian Köster, Stefan Wallmeier
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Abstract
A cantilevered coupling component for an interface area between a semitrailer and a tractor unit, which can be releasably connected to one another in the interface area by a pin element, the coupling component including a pin-side connection area for pivotally mounting the coupling component on the pin element, and a rail-side connection area for slidable mounting along a translation direction of the coupling component on a rail of the semitrailer.
Claims21
A cantilevered coupling component for an interface area between a semitrailer and a tractor unit, configured to be releasably connected to one another in the interface area via a pin element, comprising:
- a pin-side connection area for pivotably mounting the coupling component on the pin element;
- and
- a rail-side connection area for a slidable mounting of the coupling component on a rail of the semitrailer following a direction of translation, wherein the rail and the coupling component are mounted on an underside of the semitrailer, and wherein the rail includes a web which protrudes from the underside of the semitrailer and/or as a groove which is recessed into the underside of the semitrailer, and wherein the rail-side connection area has a coupling structure that is hooked into the rail when assembled.
A system for automatically coupling a tractor unit and a semitrailer, comprising:
- a rail;
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- a coupling component configured to be mounted pivotably on a pin element of the semitrailer via a pin-side connection area and displaceably along a translation direction on the rail with a rail-side connection area, wherein the rail and the coupling component are mounted on an underside of the semitrailer, wherein the rail includes a web which protrudes from the underside of the semitrailer and/or as a groove which is recessed into the underside of the semitrailer and wherein the rail-side connection area has a coupling structure that is hooked into the rail.
A method for mounting a coupling component for upgrading a semitrailer, comprising:
- providing a coupling component having a pin-side connection area for pivotably mounting the coupling component on a pin element, and a rail-side connection area for slidably mounting the coupling component on a rail following a direction of translation;
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- mounting the rail and the coupling component on an underside of the semitrailer, the coupling component being connected to the pin element and the rail;
- wherein the rail includes a web which protrudes from the underside of the semitrailer and/or as a groove which is recessed into the underside of the semitrailer;
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- wherein the rail-side connection area has a coupling structure that is hooked into the rail.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.