GB1135531A - Vehicle automatic hitch couplers - Google Patents

Vehicle automatic hitch couplers

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Publication number
GB1135531A
GB1135531A GB24646/66A GB2464666A GB1135531A GB 1135531 A GB1135531 A GB 1135531A GB 24646/66 A GB24646/66 A GB 24646/66A GB 2464666 A GB2464666 A GB 2464666A GB 1135531 A GB1135531 A GB 1135531A
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United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
ramp
tongue
latch
pin
engaging
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired
Application number
GB24646/66A
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English (en)
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
CLAS OLAF FOLKE FYRK
PHILIP LEVEQUE QUANDT
Original Assignee
CLAS OLAF FOLKE FYRK
PHILIP LEVEQUE QUANDT
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Application filed by CLAS OLAF FOLKE FYRK, PHILIP LEVEQUE QUANDT filed Critical CLAS OLAF FOLKE FYRK
Publication of GB1135531A publication Critical patent/GB1135531A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60D—VEHICLE CONNECTIONS
    • B60D1/00—Traction couplings; Hitches; Draw-gear; Towing devices
    • B60D1/01—Traction couplings or hitches characterised by their type
    • B60D1/06—Ball-and-socket hitches, e.g. constructional details, auxiliary devices, their arrangement on the vehicle
    • B60D1/065—Ball-and-socket hitches, e.g. constructional details, auxiliary devices, their arrangement on the vehicle characterised by the hitch mechanism
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60D—VEHICLE CONNECTIONS
    • B60D1/00—Traction couplings; Hitches; Draw-gear; Towing devices
    • B60D1/01—Traction couplings or hitches characterised by their type
    • B60D1/06—Ball-and-socket hitches, e.g. constructional details, auxiliary devices, their arrangement on the vehicle
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60D—VEHICLE CONNECTIONS
    • B60D1/00—Traction couplings; Hitches; Draw-gear; Towing devices
    • B60D1/24—Traction couplings; Hitches; Draw-gear; Towing devices characterised by arrangements for particular functions
    • B60D1/36—Traction couplings; Hitches; Draw-gear; Towing devices characterised by arrangements for particular functions for facilitating connection, e.g. hitch catchers, visual guide means, signalling aids
    • B60D1/363—Hitch guiding or catching elements, e.g. V-shaped plates partially surrounding a coupling member for guiding the other coupling member

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Transportation (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Agricultural Machines (AREA)
GB24646/66A 1965-06-08 1966-06-02 Vehicle automatic hitch couplers Expired GB1135531A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US462363A US3319977A (en) 1965-06-08 1965-06-08 Automatic hitch couplers

Publications (1)

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GB1135531A true GB1135531A (en) 1968-12-04

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GB24646/66A Expired GB1135531A (en) 1965-06-08 1966-06-02 Vehicle automatic hitch couplers

Country Status (5)

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US (1) US3319977A (enExample)
BE (1) BE682106A (enExample)
DE (1) DE1580578A1 (enExample)
GB (1) GB1135531A (enExample)
SE (1) SE328784B (enExample)

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1993008995A1 (en) * 1991-11-06 1993-05-13 Norman Anthony Buxton A coupling device

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US4214771A (en) * 1978-11-13 1980-07-29 Vernon T. Mullican Coupling device
US4807714A (en) * 1987-08-18 1989-02-28 Caterpillar Industrial Inc. Hitch assembly and method
US4953883A (en) * 1989-04-26 1990-09-04 Simon Helie Truck trailer hitch
CA2083470A1 (en) * 1992-11-20 1994-05-21 Renald Bergeron Automatic coupling and decoupling hitch system
US5975552A (en) * 1997-12-02 1999-11-02 Slaton; James Olan Self-aligning trailer hitch
US6176470B1 (en) 1998-11-17 2001-01-23 U-Haul International, Inc. Trailer tongue with vertical lift geometry
CA2600673C (en) * 2004-03-11 2013-05-14 Richard Weber Adjustable trailer coupling system
US7976052B1 (en) * 2007-08-07 2011-07-12 Williams Innovations, Llc Lock and positioning assembly for the tongue of a steerable trailer
US8235410B2 (en) * 2010-02-15 2012-08-07 Richard Weber Trailer and towing related technologies
PL2540530T3 (pl) * 2011-06-27 2018-04-30 Coutier Industrie Pociąg do konwojowania
US9924625B2 (en) * 2014-10-22 2018-03-27 Deere & Company Jack stand for auto-connect assembly
DE102019208895B4 (de) * 2019-06-19 2021-08-26 Holger Saggau Anhänger-Kupplungsvorrichtung, Fahrzeuganhänger und Verfahren zum automatischen Einkuppeln

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US1862112A (en) * 1931-03-06 1932-06-07 Highway Trailer Co Automatic fifth wheel for semitrailers
US2020161A (en) * 1933-07-06 1935-11-05 Highway Trailer Co Trailer
US2464424A (en) * 1947-03-13 1949-03-15 Weldon Conrad Tractor coupler
US2671673A (en) * 1952-04-04 1954-03-09 Benson James Harry Automatic tractor hitch
US2810590A (en) * 1953-11-10 1957-10-22 Brockhouse J & Co Ltd Device for coupling a tractor to a trailer vehicle
US2844390A (en) * 1956-11-30 1958-07-22 Leonard L Smith Tractor hitch of the automatic coupling type having connection facilitating means
US2879080A (en) * 1957-05-23 1959-03-24 Carter L Sarver Tractor hitch assembly

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1993008995A1 (en) * 1991-11-06 1993-05-13 Norman Anthony Buxton A coupling device

Also Published As

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SE328784B (enExample) 1970-09-21
BE682106A (enExample) 1966-11-14
US3319977A (en) 1967-05-16
DE1580578A1 (de) 1970-06-04

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