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US 12,589,816 B2Granted
Fifth wheel plate and fifth wheel coupling
AssigneeJost-Werke Deutschland GmbH
InventorAchim Strütt
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Abstract
Fifth wheel plate with a sliding plate having a top surface and a bottom surface. The sliding plate is detachably secured to the fifth wheel plate by at least one screw connection, the screw connection including a fastening means having a screw head and a threaded shank. The fifth wheel plate screw connection includes a form-fit element which bears against the bottom surface of the sliding plate and which has a form-fit means. The form-fit means cooperates with the sliding plate and forms a form-fit connection acting in the direction of a horizontal plane.
Claims20
A fifth wheel plate, comprising:
- a sliding plate having a top surface and a bottom surface, and with a horizontal plane, the sliding plate being detachably fastened to the fifth wheel plate by at least one screw connection, the screw connection comprising a fastening means having a screw head and a threaded shank,
- wherein the screw connection, in addition to comprising the fastening means having the screw head and threaded shank, comprises a form-fit element which bears against the bottom surface of the sliding plate and which has a form-fit means, and wherein the form-fit means cooperates with the sliding plate and forms a form-fit connection acting in the direction of the horizontal plane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.