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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 25, 1997
Wolfgang Gentner, Ditzingen, DE;
Emmerich Kleb, Markgroeningen, DE;
Joerg Riehle, Stuttgart, DE;
Hans Riehle, Ludwigsburg, DE;
ORIS Fahrzeugteile Hans Riehle GmbH, Moeglingen, DE;
Abstract
In order to provide a trailer coupling for motor vehicles, in particular passenger vehicles, comprising a coupling ball, a coupling neck, the one end region of which is angled and bears the coupling ball, and a contact unit for providing a connection between a vehicle electrical system and a trailer electrical system, which is more easily accessible it is suggested that the contact unit be held on a pivoting arm, that the pivoting arm be mounted on a pivot bearing stationary with respect to the vehicle so as to be pivotable about a pivot axis and that the contact unit be movable with the pivoting arm from an operative position into a rest position and vice versa as a result of a pivoting movement about the pivot axis.