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Patent No.:

US 12534141 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2026

Filed:

Sep. 08, 2020

Fifth wheel, method for determining a load condition and/or a wear condition of a fifth wheel and method for upgrading a fifth wheel

Applicant:

Saf-holland Gmbh, Bessenbach, DE;

Inventors:

Daniel Dominik Dieter, Griesheim, DE;

Dominik Haßler, Munich, DE;

Kilian Köbschall, Mainz, DE;

Björn Poss, Windesheim, DE;

Patrick Scholl, Hirschhorn, DE;

Gunnar Vorwerk-Handing, Darmstadt, DE;

Mario Sebastian Köster, Bodman-Ludwigshafen, DE;

Assignee:

SAF-HOLLAND GmbH, Bessenbach, DE;

Attorney:

Price Heneveld LLP

Primary Examiner:

Valentin Neacsu

Assistant Examiner:

Marlon A Arce

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 53/08 (2006.01); G01D 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 53/0885 (2013.01); B62D 53/0807 (2013.01); G01D 5/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

A fifth wheel configured to reversibly couple a trailer to a tractor including a coupling plate configured to receive a journal element of the trailer and a bearing block configured to pivotably bear the coupling plate about a pivot axis, in particular about a horizontally extending pivot axis, at least one distance sensor being provided which determines a distance with respect to a reference surface, the at least one distance sensor and/or the reference surface being arranged as part of the bearing block or on the bearing block.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Dieter, Daniel. (2026). Fifth wheel, method for determining a load condition and/or a wear condition of a fifth wheel and method for upgrading a fifth wheel (U.S. Patent No. 12534141). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12534141

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