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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2020
Acps Automotive Gmbh, Ingersheim, DE;
Wolfgang Gentner, Steinheim, DE;
Bernhard Rimmelspacher, Rheinstetten, DE;
Stefan Naegele, Besigheim, DE;
Aleksej Kadnikov, Leonberg, DE;
ACPS Automotive GmbH, Ingersheim, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a trailer hitch, comprising a ball neck, which is movable between an operative position and a rest position and has a trailer ball, a pivot bearing unit, which is arranged fixed to the vehicle, and a rotation-blocking device having at least two rotation-blocking bodies that are guided such that they are movable by means of a guide body in a guide direction having at least one component in the radial direction in relation to the pivot axis, and having an actuation body, which is arranged such that it is rotatable about the pivot axis and has a respective wedge face extending transversely to the guide direction for each of the rotation-blocking bodies and of which the rotary movement in an actuation direction causes the at least two rotation-blocking bodies to be movable and urgeable in the guide direction, wherein there is provided a release position latching device that, in a release position of the actuation body, is movable between a latch release position, which releases movement of the actuation body in relation to the guide body, and a latching position, which fixes the actuation body in relation to the guide body, and, at least in the release position of the actuation body, is urged in the direction of the latching position by a spring element.