Hitching device with automatically connectable supply plug components
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Feb 9, 2021
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Dec 27, 2018
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Dec 14, 2016
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Dec 18, 2015
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Abstract
A hitching apparatus includes a towing vehicle-side hitch component, a towed vehicle-side hitch component, a towing vehicle-side insertion connector component having at least one insertion connector configuration as an interface of a towing vehicle-side supply lead for transferring energy and/or information, a towed vehicle-side insertion connector component having at least one insertion connector configuration as an interface of a towed vehicle-side supply lead for transferring energy and/or information, a towing vehicle-side alignment component separate from the towing vehicle-side hitch component and arranged thereon, which carries the towing vehicle-side insertion connector component, and a towed vehicle-side alignment component separate from the towed vehicle-side hitch component and arranged thereon, which carries the towed vehicle-side insertion connector component. One alignment component includes an alignment configuration and is movable relative to the hitch component carrying it. One insertion connector component is displaceable relative to the alignment component carrying it.
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Country | kind | publication No. | Filing Date | Type | Sub-Type |
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DE | A1 | DE102015226093 | Dec 18, 2015 | Patent | Application |
Type : Patent Sub-Type : Application | |||||
DOC. LAID OPEN (FIRST PUBLICATION) | Kupplungsvorrichtung mit automatisiert verbindbaren Versorgungssteckerbauteilen | Jun 22, 2017 | |||
WO | A1 | WO2017102798 | Dec 14, 2016 | Patent | Application |
Type : Patent Sub-Type : Application | |||||
INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED WITH INTERNATIONAL SEARCH REPORT | KUPPLUNGSVORRICHTUNG MIT AUTOMATISIERT VERBINDBAREN VERSORGUNGSSTECKERBAUTEILEN | Jun 22, 2017 | |||
CN | B | CN108367645 | Dec 14, 2016 | Patent | Grant |
Type : Patent Sub-Type : Grant | |||||
GRANTED PATENT FOR INVENTION | Coupling device with an automatically connectable supply plug member | May 14, 2021 | |||
EP | B1 | EP3390122 | Dec 14, 2016 | Patent | Grant |
Type : Patent Sub-Type : Grant | |||||
Patent | KUPPLUNGSVORRICHTUNG MIT AUTOMATISIERT VERBINDBAREN VERSORGUNGSSTECKERBAUTEILEN | Mar 10, 2021 |
- 15 United States
- 10 France
- 8 Japan
- 7 China
- 5 Korea
- 2 Other
Patent Owner(s)
Patent Owner | Address | |
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JOST-WERKE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH | SIEMENSSTRASSE 2 NEU-ISENBURG 63263 |
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- 2016 Application Filing Year
- B60D Class
- 205 Applications Filed
- 162 Patents Issued To-Date
- 79.03 % Issued To-Date
Inventor(s)
Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Algüera, José Manuel | Aschaffenburg, DE | 28 | 155 |
# of filed Patents : 28 Total Citations : 155 | |||
Gitzen, Stephan | Groß-Gerau, DE | 9 | 7 |
# of filed Patents : 9 Total Citations : 7 | |||
Strütt, Achim | Riedstadt, DE | 8 | 35 |
# of filed Patents : 8 Total Citations : 35 |
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- B60D Class
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