Automated trailer coupling arrangement

    公开(公告)号:US11618289B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-04

    申请号:US16549607

    申请日:2019-08-23

    申请人: SAF-HOLLAND, Inc.

    摘要: An automated trailer coupling arrangement includes a receiver member supported on a towed vehicle and including pneumatic and electrical couplers, a shuttle member including pneumatic and electrical couplers configured to couple to pneumatic and electrical supply sources and a control arm assembly supported on a towing vehicle and including a carrier member configured to operably couple and uncouple with the shuttle member, and an actuator coupled to the carrier member configured to move the carrier between a first position where the carrier member is coupled with the shuttle member and the shuttle member is spaced from the receiver member, and a second position where the second pneumatic coupler is coupled with the first pneumatic coupler and the second electrical coupler is coupled with the first electrical coupler and the carrier is uncoupled and spaced from the shuttle member.

    Installation unit with latching elements for carrier unit mounted on a motor vehicle

    公开(公告)号:US11577563B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-14

    申请号:US17094137

    申请日:2020-11-10

    发明人: Ferdinand Koenig

    IPC分类号: B60D1/54 B60D1/06 B60D1/42

    摘要: In order to improve an installation unit for a carrier unit that is mounted on a body of a motor vehicle, comprising a housing having a first housing portion that is supported on one side of the carrier unit, a second housing portion that passes through a receptacle in the carrier unit, and a mounting body that is opposite the first housing portion and is supported on the carrier unit on a side remote from the first housing portion and, when the installation unit is mounted on the carrier unit, is fixed by latching elements, wherein the mounting body has a base body to which the second latching elements are connected, and the mounting body cooperates with support elements that are supported against the carrier unit, in such a way that the connection between the latching elements is on the one hand stable over the long term and on the other can be released easily, it proposed that the second latching elements should be connected to the base body by latching element carriers, and that the latching element carriers should have, on a side facing the second housing portion, pressure faces by way of which the latching element carriers are configured to be urged such that the second latching elements are disengaged from the first latching elements provided on the second housing portion.

    Pivoting Trailer Hitch
    3.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220396109A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-15

    申请号:US17893824

    申请日:2022-08-23

    摘要: A trailer coupling mechanism includes a first end, a second end, a height adjustment assembly, a first swivel assembly, and a second swivel assembly. The first end is adapted to couple to one of a trailer and a vehicle. The second end is adapted to couple to the other of the trailer and the vehicle. The height adjustment assembly is coupled between the first and second ends and is operative to adjust the relative height between the first and second ends. The first swivel assembly is coupled between the height adjustment assembly and the first end and facilitates rotation of the first end with respect to the height adjustment assembly about a first axis. The second swivel assembly is coupled between the second end and the height adjustment assembly and facilitates rotation of the height adjustment assembly with respect to the second end about a second axis parallel to the first axis.

    SELF-LOCKING HITCH ASSEMBLY
    4.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220212507A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-07

    申请号:US17140653

    申请日:2021-01-04

    申请人: DEERE & COMPANY

    摘要: An exemplary self-locking actuator mechanism includes a floating plate and a linear actuator. The floating plate defines a first slot that includes a first central portion, a first jog extending laterally from a first end of the first central portion, and a second jog extending laterally from a second end of the first central portion. The linear actuator includes a shaft pivotably connected to the floating plate, and is operable to drive the shaft between a first shaft position and a second shaft position to thereby move the self-locking actuator mechanism between a first locking state and a second locking state.

    Shelter and Storage Pod System
    5.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210129732A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-06

    申请号:US16843847

    申请日:2020-04-08

    IPC分类号: B60P3/39 B60D1/42 B60P3/34

    摘要: A shelter and storage pod system is provided comprising a pod comprising a top wall, a bottom wall and four sidewalls, where the pod is structurally divided into a top portion and a bottom portion. A first hinge couples the top portion to the bottom portion. One or more ventilation ports are structurally integrated into the top wall, bottom wall, four sidewalls or any combination thereof. A reinforcing frame member is coupled to the bottom wall and comprises a yoke arm and a plurality of wheels coupled thereto. A bedding substrate is disposed adjacent and orthogonal to the four sidewalls, where the bedding substrate is coupled to one sidewall via a second hinge. One or more vertical frame walls define a plurality of storage compartments disposed under the bedding substrate, where the one or more vertical frame walls structurally support the bedding substrate. An adjustable coupling sleeve operatively couples to the reinforcing frame member via the yoke arm.

    Load levelling device for towed vehicle couplings

    公开(公告)号:US10987985B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-27

    申请号:US16176599

    申请日:2018-10-31

    发明人: Simon Crane

    摘要: A load levelling device for adjusting the pitch of a first towing vehicle relative to a ground surface when the first towed vehicle is coupled to a second towed vehicle includes: a towing pillar having a longitudinal axis; a towing tongue adapted for attachment to the first towing vehicle and mounted on the towing pillar for sliding engagement therewith; a clutch housing radially supported on the towing pillar beneath the towing tongue for sliding engagement with the towing pillar, the clutch housing including a blade recess in a lateral portion thereof, the blade recess extending orthogonally to the longitudinal axis of the towing pillar; a tensioning blade having a leading end and a trailing end, the leading end adapted for being removably securable in the blade recess of the clutch housing and the trailing end being adapted for attachment to the second towed vehicle; and a user operational force application device for selectively applying a vertical force to the trailing edge of the tensioning blade. An upwardly applied force on the trailing edge of the tensioning blade imparts a counter-clockwise moment to the tensioning blade, which counter-clockwise moment is transmitted through the clutch housing, the towing pillar and the towing tongue, so as to level the pitch of a first towing vehicle to which the load levelling device is attached, relative to the ground surface.

    AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT, TOW BAR ASSEMBLY, AND TOWING VEHICLE/IMPLEMENT COMBINATION

    公开(公告)号:US20200245524A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-06

    申请号:US16717198

    申请日:2019-12-17

    申请人: DEERE & COMPANY

    发明人: LIONEL GUIET

    IPC分类号: A01B69/00 A01B59/042 B60D1/42

    摘要: An agricultural implement includes a tow bar assembly for towing the implement with a towing vehicle. The tow bar assembly includes a tow bar mounted to a part of the implement by a first pivot bearing so as to be pivotable about a first vertical axis. The tow bar assembly includes an arm parallel with and spaced vertically below the tow bar. The arm is attached to the part of the implement by a second pivot bearing so as to be pivotable about a second vertical axis that is coaxially located with the first vertical axis.

    LIFT LINK ASSEMBLY OF A THREE-POINT HITCH
    8.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190299731A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-03

    申请号:US15940068

    申请日:2018-03-29

    申请人: DEERE & COMPANY

    IPC分类号: B60D1/42

    摘要: A lift link assembly of a three-point hitch. The lift link assembly includes a yoke, a shaft, and a retractor. The yoke includes a main housing and first and second side arms that extend downwardly therefrom. The shaft includes a shank and a head positioned on a lower-end thereof, and the shank is positioned in the upper-end through hole. When the lift link assembly is in a retracted mode, the retractor is positioned above the head, the retractor is configured to apply a downward force to the head, and the retractor is configured to apply an upward force to the yoke.

    Trailer extension apparatus and method
    10.
    发明授权
    Trailer extension apparatus and method 有权
    拖车延伸装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US09452648B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-09-27

    申请号:US14205185

    申请日:2014-03-11

    申请人: William J. Hunt

    发明人: William J. Hunt

    IPC分类号: B60D1/145 B60D1/42 B60D1/06

    摘要: Embodiments of the invention relate to an extension apparatus and method for attaching to a trailer tongue having a trailer hitch defining a first plane. The apparatus comprises a suspension bar defining a second plane and has a proximal end and a distal end, a ball adapted to be removably received in the trailer hitch and positioned between the suspension bar proximal and distal ends and a block positioned on the suspension bar distal end. A first extension portion defines a third plane and has a proximal end and a distal end, the first extension portion proximal end defines an opening adapted to removably receive the block, and the first extension distal end having a trailer hitch adapted to removably engage a ball on a vehicle. A permanent receiver mount is adapted to removably engage at least one of the trailer tongue and the suspension bar.

    摘要翻译: 本发明的实施例涉及一种用于附接到具有限定第一平面的拖车牵引器的拖车舌头的延伸装置和方法。 该装置包括限定第二平面并具有近端和远端的悬挂杆,适于可拆卸地容纳在拖车牵引中并定位在悬架杆近端和远端之间的球和位于悬架杆远端的块 结束。 第一延伸部分限定第三平面并且具有近端和远端,第一延伸部分近端限定适于可移除地容纳块的开口,并且第一延伸远端具有适于可移除地接合球的拖车牵引 在车上 永久接收器支架适于可拆卸地接合拖车舌片和悬挂杆中的至少一个。