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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2019
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Furuno, Tochigi, JP;
Yoshito Otake, Tochigi, JP;
Sumio Noguchi, Tochigi, JP;
Yasushi Watanabe, Tochigi, JP;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A connecting deviceof a towing vehicleincludes a connecting pin, a locking arm, and an actuator. The connecting pinis provided to be rotatable between a connection position where the connecting pinis brought into fitting engagement with a connecting plateof a wheeled platformand a disconnection position where the connecting pinis taken out of the fitting engagement with the connecting plate. The locking armis driven by the actuatorbetween a locking position where locking armis locked with the connecting pinsuch that the connecting pincannot rotate out of the connection position toward the disconnection position and an unlocking position where the connecting pinis unlocked in the connection position.