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US 12,637,155 B2Granted
Fifth wheel coupling system, tractor vehicle, and tractor-semitrailer combination
AssigneeJost-Werke Deutschland GmbH
InventorsJosé Manuel Algüera, Swen Saupe, Khairo Bobaki
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Abstract
A fifth wheel coupling system including a fifth wheel coupling and an angle measuring device, wherein the angle measuring device features at least one degree of freedom relative to the fifth wheel connection.
Claims19
A fifth wheel coupling system, comprising:
- a lower structure,
- a fifth wheel coupling plate, which has an insertion opening accessible in the direction of travel F for a king pin of a semitrailer, and a bay for the king pin connecting to the insertion opening in the direction of travel F, and
- an angle measuring device, which has a rotor and a sensor, wherein the rotor is supported such that it is rotatable relative to the sensor about a rotation axis D, and wherein the sensor is configured to detect a rotation of the rotor about the axis of rotation D relative to the sensor,
- wherein the rotor or the sensor comprises a magnetic coupling, by which the rotor or the sensor is releasably connectable to the king pin,
- wherein the angle measuring device features at least one degree of freedom relative to the lower structure and/or the fifth wheel coupling plate,
- wherein the angle measuring device comprises a bracket, on which the sensor is fixedly arranged and within which the rotor is rotatably mounted,
- wherein the bracket is slidably and/or rotatably connected to the lower structure, and
- wherein the bracket is connected to the lower structure either directly or via further components, except for the fifth wheel coupling plate.
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A tractor vehicle for a semitrailer, comprising:
- a chassis,
- an undercarriage, and
- a fifth wheel coupling system comprising
- a fifth wheel coupling with a lower structure and a fifth wheel coupling plate, which has an insertion opening accessible in the direction of travel F for a king pin of a semitrailer, and a bay for the king pin connecting to the insertion opening in the direction of travel F, and
- an angle measuring device, which has a rotor and a sensor,
- wherein the rotor is supported such that it is rotatable relative to the sensor about a rotation axis D,
- wherein the sensor is configured to detect a rotation of the rotor about the axis of rotation D relative to the sensor, wherein the rotor or the sensor comprises a magnetic coupling, by which the rotor or the sensor is releasably connectable to the king pin,
- wherein the angle measuring device features at least one degree of freedom relative to the lower structure and/or the fifth wheel coupling plate,
- wherein the angle measuring device comprises a bracket, on which the sensor is arranged and within which the rotor is rotatably mounted, and
- wherein the bracket is slidably and/or rotatably connected to the chassis and/or a mounting plate arranged on the chassis and is thereby indirectly connected to the fifth wheel coupling.
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