Swing-aside bearing device for a socket
AssigneeScambia Industrial Developments Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsMichiel Johannes Maria Som, Christiaan Arie Tromp
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Abstract
A bearing device for a socket for providing an electrical connection between a towing and a towed vehicle has a base bearing element which can be mounted at the level of the rear bumper on the towing vehicle, and also a bearing element for the socket which is rotatable relative to the base bearing element. The base element and the rotatable bearing element are interconnected by a plastic hinge.
Claims15
Bearing device for providing an electrical connection between a towing and a towed vehicle comprising:
- a base bearing element which can be mounted at the level of a rear bumper on the towing vehicle,
- a bearing element fitted with a socket which is rotatable relative to the base bearing element,
- the base element and the rotating bearing element being interconnected by a plastic hinge,
- the plastic hinge consisting of two parallel rotating plates, one of which is fixed to the base element, and the other is fixed to the rotatable element,
- the rotating plates each having raised parts on their surfaces facing each other, in such a way that in locking positions the raised parts bound an enclosed space, and
- each rotating plate having at least four raised parts which are uniformly distributed in the peripheral direction, at least one first pair from two opposite raised edge parts being situated at a greater distance from each other than at least one second pair from the other at least two raised parts, in such a way that each first pair can be rotated past a second pair.
Bearing device for providing an electrical connection between a towing and a towed vehicle comprising:
- a base bearing element which can be mounted at the level of a rear bumper on the towing vehicle,
- a bearing element fitted with a socket which is rotatable relative to the base bearing element,
- the base element and the rotating bearing element being interconnected by a plastic hinge,
- the plastic hinge consisting of two parallel rotating plates, one of which is fixed to the base element, and the other is fixed to the rotatable element,
- the rotating plates each having raised parts on their surfaces facing each other, in such a way that in locking positions the raised parts bound an enclosed space, and
- each rotating plate bearing an upright ring, which rings surround each other concentrically and in a sealing manner,
- wherein on their sides facing each other, the rotating plates have stops in order to limit the mutual rotating movement.
Bearing device for providing an electrical connection between a towing and a towed vehicle comprising:
- a base bearing element which can be mounted at the level of a rear bumper on the towing vehicle,
- a bearing element fitted with a socket which is rotatable relative to the base bearing element,
- the base element and the rotating bearing element being interconnected by a plastic hinge, and
- a pin fixed immovably on the rotatable element, which pin extends through the base element and comprises a stop and bears a compression spring extending between the stop and the base element, for pressing said base element and the rotatable element together.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.