COUPLING DEVICE FOR COUPLING A TOWING VEHICLE TO A TRAILER

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APP PUB NO 20230191858A1
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18065145

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A device for coupling a towing vehicle to a trailer vehicle of a vehicle combination, where the towing vehicle has a trailer coupling and the trailer vehicle has a drawbar. A measurement device is configured to measure forces and/or torques between the towing vehicle and the trailer vehicle has a two-part support with a first and second support components. The first support component has at least two measurement arms which extend radially and are symmetrically offset relative to one another. A strain gauge rosette is on each measurement arm. The second support component has counter-arms which extend radially and which correspond in number and arrangement to the measurement arms. The two support components can be attached firmly to one another and to the trailer coupling or to the drawbar. Also disclosed is a measurement-data capture and evaluation unit.

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ZF CV SYSTEMS GLOBAL GMBHBERN

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Dittloff, Maximilian Hannover, DE 1 1
Pfefferkorn, Daniel Hannover, DE 7 18
Wolf, Thomas Barsinghausen, DE 167 1282

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