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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2015
Applicant:
Westfalia-automotive Gmbh, Rheda-Wiedenbruck, DE;
Inventors:
Rene Scheips, Bielefeld, DE;
Bernhard Sielhorst, Rheda-Wiedenbruck, DE;
Assignee:
WESTFALIA-AUTOMOTIVE GMBH, Rheda-Wiedenbruck, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60D 1/24 (2006.01); B60D 1/06 (2006.01); B60D 1/62 (2006.01); G01L 1/12 (2006.01); G01L 1/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60D 1/248 (2013.01); B60D 1/06 (2013.01); B60D 1/62 (2013.01); G01L 1/127 (2013.01); G01L 1/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A trailer coupling for a motor vehicle for attaching a trailer or for supporting a load carrier, including a coupling arm provided for coupling a coupling piece of the trailer or load carrier, and at least one sensor arranged on the coupling arm for detecting a deformation of the coupling arm caused by a load on the coupling arm. For the trailer coupling, at least one recess is provided on an outer circumferential contour of the coupling arm, in which or on which recess the at least one sensor is arranged or held.