A towing vehicle for aircraft and method for towing an aircraft. The towing vehicle has a chassis, running gear that carries the chassis, and drive, which drives the running gear for moving the chassis. A support wheel receiving device is mounted on the chassis so that it can rotate around a vertical compensation axis of rotation, in particular within a 360 degree rotational range, relative to the chassis. A rotary drive drives the support wheel receiving device. A sensor array with alignment sensors senses alignment of the aircraft relative to the alignment sensors. The towing vehicle has a digital control unit to regulate rotational position of the support wheel receiving device as a function of the sensed alignment of the aircraft relative to the alignment sensors by the rotary drive to keep alignment of the support wheel receiving device relative to the aircraft within a prescribed range.

A towing vehicle for aircraft and method for towing an aircraft. The towing vehicle has a chassis, running gear that carries the chassis, and drive, which drives the running gear for moving the chassis. A support wheel receiving device is mounted on the chassis so that it can rotate around a vertical compensation axis of rotation, in particular within a 360 degree rotational range, relative to the chassis. A rotary drive drives the support wheel receiving device. A sensor array with alignment sensors senses alignment of the aircraft relative to the alignment sensors. The towing vehicle has a digital control unit to regulate rotational position of the support wheel receiving device as a function of the sensed alignment of the aircraft relative to the alignment sensors by the rotary drive to keep alignment of the support wheel receiving device relative to the aircraft within a prescribed range.

In order to improve an installation unit for a carrier unit that is mounted on a body of a motor vehicle, comprising a housing having a first housing portion that is supported on one side of the carrier unit, a second housing portion that passes through a receptacle in the carrier unit, and a mounting body that is opposite the first housing portion and is supported on the carrier unit on a side remote from the first housing portion and, when the installation unit is mounted on the carrier unit, is fixed by latching elements, wherein the mounting body has a base body to which the second latching elements are connected, and the mounting body cooperates with support elements that are supported against the carrier unit, in such a way that the connection between the latching elements is on the one hand stable over the long term and on the other can be released easily, it proposed that the second latching elements should be connected to the base body by latching element carriers, and that the latching element carriers should have, on a side facing the second housing portion, pressure faces by way of which the latching element carriers are configured to be urged such that the second latching elements are disengaged from the first latching elements provided on the second housing portion.

In order to improve an installation unit for a carrier unit that is mounted on a body of a motor vehicle, comprising a housing having a first housing portion that is supported on one side of the carrier unit, a second housing portion that passes through a receptacle in the carrier unit, and a mounting body that is opposite the first housing portion and is supported on the carrier unit on a side remote from the first housing portion and, when the installation unit is mounted on the carrier unit, is fixed by latching elements, wherein the mounting body has a base body to which the second latching elements are connected, and the mounting body cooperates with support elements that are supported against the carrier unit, in such a way that the connection between the latching elements is on the one hand stable over the long term and on the other can be released easily, it proposed that the second latching elements should be connected to the base body by latching element carriers, and that the latching element carriers should have, on a side facing the second housing portion, pressure faces by way of which the latching element carriers are configured to be urged such that the second latching elements are disengaged from the first latching elements provided on the second housing portion.

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.

The disclosure relates to a towing hitch for a work vehicle. The towing hitch includes a retaining element. A coupling member coupled to the retaining element. A guide element having at least one guide channel formed therein; wherein the guide channel is sized to receive a portion of the retaining element. An actuator coupled to at least one surface of the retaining element, wherein the actuator is arranged such that lateral displacement of the actuator moves the retaining element between a first position and a second position within the guide channel of the guide element.

The disclosure relates to a towing hitch for a work vehicle. The towing hitch includes a retaining element. A coupling member coupled to the retaining element. A guide element having at least one guide channel formed therein; wherein the guide channel is sized to receive a portion of the retaining element. An actuator coupled to at least one surface of the retaining element, wherein the actuator is arranged such that lateral displacement of the actuator moves the retaining element between a first position and a second position within the guide channel of the guide element.

A trailer-coupling assembly is described for securing a trailer to a two-wheel vehicle. The trailer-coupling assembly is rigidly fixed to a rear-wheel frame of a two-wheel vehicle and the utility bed of a trailer. The trailer-coupling assembly is comprised of three joints that each rotate about three separate cardinal axes, permitting the trailer to navigate rough terrain without transferring rotational loading to the two-wheel vehicle. Each joint is configured to rotate at least 90 degrees in a clockwise direction and an anti-clockwise direction about a cardinal axis, providing the trailer-coupling assembly with flexibility to navigate the two-wheel vehicle and trailer over various grades of rough terrain.

A trailer-coupling assembly is described for securing a trailer to a two-wheel vehicle. The trailer-coupling assembly is rigidly fixed to a rear-wheel frame of a two-wheel vehicle and the utility bed of a trailer. The trailer-coupling assembly is comprised of three joints that each rotate about three separate cardinal axes, permitting the trailer to navigate rough terrain without transferring rotational loading to the two-wheel vehicle. Each joint is configured to rotate at least 90 degrees in a clockwise direction and an anti-clockwise direction about a cardinal axis, providing the trailer-coupling assembly with flexibility to navigate the two-wheel vehicle and trailer over various grades of rough terrain.

A hitch assembly for a vehicle includes a cross-member structure disposed at a rear of the vehicle. The cross-member structure includes a bar extending from the first side frame to the second side frame, and a tube circumposed over the bar and having a central portion fixedly secured to the bar and a side portion rotatably coupled to the bar. The hitch assembly further includes a hitch structure adapted to move between a working position and a storage position. The hitch structure includes a base sleeve slidably circumposed over the tube and an arm extending from the base sleeve. In the working position, base sleeve is secured to the central portion and the arm extends outwardly of the rear end of the vehicle. In the storage position, the base sleeve is disposed circumposing the side portion and the arm is disposed underneath a chassis of the vehicle.