Hitching device with stabilizer for avoiding and/or damping rolling motions between a traction vehicle and a trailer coupled to this traction vehicle
OwnerArmin Verhageninventor
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Abstract
The invention is based on a hitching device with a stabilizer for avoiding and/or damping rolling motions between a traction vehicle and a trailer coupled to it. The stabilizer is equipped with a friction clutch, which affects the friction conditions between a trailer hitch on the end toward the traction vehicle and a coupling element on the end toward the trailer. According to the invention, the stabilizer is provided with an externally triggerable electric motor and a gear acted upon by the electric motor be used for actuating the fiction clutch. The gear is self-locking in the release direction of the stabilizer.
Claims20
A hitching device with a stabilizer, for preventing and/or damping rolling motions between a traction vehicle and a trailer coupled to it, comprising:
- a trailer hitch attached to the traction vehicle;
- a coupling element that can be disposed on the trailer and brought into operative connection with the trailer hitch;
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- an externally actuatable stabilizer that affects friction conditions between the trailer hitch and the coupling element, the stabilizer including an externally triggerable electric motor and a gear, driven by the electric motor and thereby actuating the stabilizer, wherein the gear is self-locking in a release direction of the stabilizer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.