Ball-type coupling arrangement for an agricultural tractor
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorMartin Heitlinger
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Abstract
A ball-type coupling arrangement for an agricultural tractor including a coupling base with a coupling ball attached thereto for receiving a coupling socket, a coupling housing arranged on the coupling base, a hold-down device including a planar stop region formed on an outer contour, the hold-down device coupled to the coupling housing such that it is pivotable between a position locking the coupling ball and a position releasing the coupling ball, and a closure element attached to the coupling housing, the closure element contacting the planar stop region in a locking position to lock the hold-down device in its locking position.
Claims14
A ball-type coupling arrangement for an agricultural tractor, comprising:
- a coupling base with a coupling ball attached thereto for receiving a coupling socket;
- a coupling housing arranged on the coupling base;
- a hold-down device including a planar stop region formed on an outer contour, the hold-down device coupled to the coupling housing such that it is pivotable between a position locking the coupling ball and a position releasing the coupling ball;
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- a closure element attached to the coupling housing, the closure element contacting the planar stop region in a locking position to lock the hold-down device in its locking position;
- wherein the closure element is formed as a transverse latch extending in a locking position perpendicular to the pivoting direction of the hold-down device on the coupling housing, the transverse latch can be secured in the locking position via a manually actuable securing mechanism, which includes a spring-pretensioned securing bolt having a free end engaging in a recess formed in the transverse latch in the locking position.
An agricultural tractor including a ball-type coupling arrangement, comprising:
- a coupling base with a coupling ball attached thereto for receiving a coupling socket;
- a coupling housing arranged on the coupling base;
- a hold-down device including a planar stop region formed on an outer contour, the hold-down device coupled to the coupling housing such that it is pivotable between a position locking the coupling ball and a position releasing the coupling ball;
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- a closure element attached to the coupling housing, the closure element contacting the planar stop region in a locking position to lock the hold-down device in its locking position, the closure element is formed as a transverse latch extending in a locking position perpendicular to the pivoting direction of the hold-down device on the coupling housing, and the transverse latch being secured in the locking position via a manually actuable securing mechanism, which includes a spring-pretensioned securing bolt having a free end engaging in a recess formed in the transverse latch in the locking position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.