Locking arrangement for a means of transport to be towed
AssigneeColiman Oy
InventorMatti Lindell
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Abstract
The invention relates to a locking arrangement for a means of transport to be towed, such as a trailer, a tow-behind cart, or the like. A locking arrangement is intended to prevent a ball clamp, included in a device to be towed, such as in its drawbar, from being coupled to a hitch ball included in a towing vehicle, said locking arrangement including at least mechanical locking elements for preventing the ball clamp from being coupled to the hitch ball. The locking arrangement includes electrical locking elements for preventing/enabling the coupling of the ball clamp to the hitch ball electrically on a remote operation principle.
Claims17
A locking arrangement for a means of transport to be towed, said locking arrangement being intended to prevent a ball clamp, included in a device to be towed in its drawbar, from being coupled to a hitch ball included in a towing vehicle, said locking arrangement including at least mechanical locking elements for preventing the ball clamp from being coupled to the hitch ball, and the locking arrangement including electrical locking elements for preventing/enabling the coupling of the ball clamp to the hitch ball electrically on a remote operation principle, wherein the electrical locking elements comprise a user interface-equipped central processing unit for operating, controlling and/or managing the locking arrangement by means of using both the user interface of the central processing unit, further comprising a keypad for locking/releasing the mechanical locking elements by using the electrical locking elements in a code-operated manner;
- and an external data processing device wherein the central processing unit is fixedly mounted on a drawbar of the means of transport to be towed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.