Assembly for coupling a towing vehicle to a trailer
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsMatthias Marcus Wellhoefer, Stefanie Siefke
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Abstract
An assembly is described for coupling a towing vehicle to a trailer having a towing vehicle-side coupling unit and a trailer-side coupling unit. A measuring device, which records and analyzes the force acting on the towing vehicle-side coupling unit in at least one direction, is assigned to the towing vehicle-side coupling unit. The measuring device is coupled to a vehicle immobilizer that prevents the towing vehicle from starting and/or being set in motion in response to the force recorded by the measuring device and/or a physical quantity derived therefrom exceeding a predefined threshold value.
Claims11
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An assembly for coupling a towing vehicle to a trailer, comprising:
- a towing vehicle-side coupling unit;
- a trailer-side coupling unit;
- a measuring device for performing a force measurement that includes recording and analyzing a force acting on the towing vehicle-side coupling unit in at least one direction, the measuring device being assigned to the towing vehicle-side coupling unit;
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- a vehicle immobilizer coupled to the measuring device and for preventing the towing vehicle from at least one of starting and being set in motion in response to at least one of the force recorded by the measuring device and a physical quantity derived therefrom exceeding a predefined threshold value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.