Westfalia-automotive Gmbh

Mbb Fertigungstechnik Gmbh

Aumann Beelen Gmbh

Martin Düker

Bernhard Sielhorst

Kay Angermann

Jürgen Peitz

Stefan Röring

Hakan Cakici

Manfred Ringelmann

Robert Bühlmeyer

The invention relates to a load carrier coupling () for the releasable securing of a rear load carrier (), which has a supporting base () for placing a load thereon, on a coupling body (), configured in particular as a coupling ball, of a motor vehicle trailer coupling (), wherein the load carrier coupling () has a base () which forms the supporting base () or is provided for holding the supporting base (), wherein a clamping device () comprising two clamping parts () is arranged on the base () and is adjustable by an actuating device () between an open position (O) provided for inserting the coupling body () into an intermediate space between the clamping parts () and for removing the coupling body () from the intermediate space and a clamping position (K) provided for clamping the coupling body (), wherein the clamping parts () are at a greater distance from each other in the open position (O) for the insertion and removal of the coupling body () than in the clamping position (K). At least one of the clamping parts () is mounted movably with respect to a stop surface () using a bearing arrangement () having at least two degrees of freedom of movement (S, S, S) which differ from one another, and therefore said clamping part is adjustable by the coupling body (), which is supported on the other clamping part (), for alignment with the coupling body () during a final portion of movement of the clamping device () in order to take up the clamping position (K) with respect to the stop surface ().

Load carrier coupling

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Gütersloh, Germany

Martin Düker