Coupling device

Abstract

In order to improve a coupling device, comprising a carrier unit that is mountable at the rear of a vehicle body, a holding unit that is held on the carrier unit and comprises a carrier element to which a mounting element is detachably connectable, wherein the mounting element is configured either for attaching a trailer or for carrying a load carrier, such that the holding unit is provided with a sensor for detecting the mounting element in its position held on the carrier element, it is proposed that in this way the sensor can monitor whether the mounting element is in its position held on the carrier element or not, with the result that there is a considerable advantage in terms of the operational reliability of the coupling device and in this way it can be unambiguously established whether the mounting element is arranged on the carrier element or not.

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