ADAPTER ARRANGEMENT FOR A SEMITRAILER TRAIN ARRANGEMENT

Abstract

An adapter arrangement, in particular fifth wheel adapter arrangement, for a semitrailer train, comprising a base body, a coupling arrangement, in particular a fifth wheel coupling plate, and a king pin, wherein the king pin is fixed indirectly and/or directly to the base body, wherein in particular the coupling arrangement is stationary relative to the king pin.

Claims

1.-15. (canceled)

16. A fifth wheel adapter arrangement for a semitrailer train, comprising a base body; a coupling arrangement; and a king pin; wherein the king pin is fixed indirectly and/or directly to the base body; wherein the coupling arrangement includes a separate fifth wheel coupling plate which is fixed to the base body; wherein the coupling arrangement is stationary relative to the king pin; wherein the adapter arrangement comprises a plug connector for an automatic coupling system; wherein the plug connector comprises a connecting plug; and wherein the connecting plug is spaced from the king pin in the direction of the extension direction of the king pin.

17. The fifth wheel adapter arrangement according to claim 16, wherein the king pin is arranged on a king pin surface of the base body rigidly and/or stationarily, indirectly and/or directly.

18. The fifth wheel adapter arrangement according to claim 16, wherein the coupling arrangement is arranged on a fifth wheel coupling surface of the base body rigidly and/or stationarily, indirectly and/or directly.

19. The fifth wheel adapter arrangement according to claim 16, wherein the king pin is arranged on the base body opposite to the coupling arrangement in the direction of an extension direction of the king pin.

20. The fifth wheel adapter arrangement according to claim 16, wherein the extension direction of the king pin is substantially parallel to a normal of a bearing surface of the coupling arrangement.

21. The fifth wheel adapter arrangement according to claim 16, wherein the projection of the king pin in the direction of the extension direction of the king pin is at least partially covered by the projection of the coupling arrangement in the direction of the extension direction of the king pin.

22. The fifth wheel adapter arrangement of claim 21, wherein the projection of the king pin of the extension direction of the king pin is completely covered by the projection of the coupling arrangement in the direction of the extension direction of the king pin.

23. The fifth wheel adapter arrangement according to claim 16, wherein the adapter arrangement comprises an alignment arrangement including a wedge and/or a wedge arrangement.

24. The fifth wheel adapter arrangement according to claim 16, wherein the plug connector comprises a connecting plug.

25. The fifth wheel adapter arrangement according to claim 24, wherein the connecting plug is spaced from the king pin in the direction of the extension direction of the king pin, and the distance of the connecting plug from the coupling arrangement is greater than the distance of the connecting plug from the king pin in direction of the extension direction of the king pin.

26. The fifth wheel adapter arrangement according to claim 24, wherein the coupling arrangement has an entry opening which extends in an entry direction, wherein a trailer king pin is configured to be inserted along the entry direction into the entry opening of the coupling arrangement, and wherein the connecting plug is spaced from the coupling arrangement and/or from the king pin and/or from the base body in the direction of the entry direction.

27. The fifth wheel adapter arrangement according to claim 16, wherein the plug connector is rigidly and/or stationarily fixed to and/or relative to the base body.

28. The fifth wheel adapter arrangement according to claim 16, wherein the adapter arrangement comprises a connection console for connecting to a cable assembly that includes a spiral cable, and/or wherein the adapter arrangement comprises a cable assembly that includes a spiral cable, wherein the cable assembly is adapted to be connected to a trailer in an energy-conducting manner.

29. The fifth wheel adapter arrangement according to claim 16, wherein the adapter arrangement comprises a support device, and wherein the support device is adapted to support or be capable of supporting the adapter arrangement relative to a floor.

30. The fifth wheel adapter arrangement according to claim 29, wherein the support device is integrally formed with the base body.

31. The fifth wheel adapter arrangement according to claim 29, wherein the support device comprises at least one support surface, and wherein the support surface is substantially perpendicular to the extension direction of the king pin.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0023] Further advantages and features of the present invention will be apparent from the following description with reference to the figures. Therein, individual features of the embodiments shown may also be used in other embodiments, unless this has been expressly excluded. It is show in:

[0024] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a semitrailer train comprising an adapter arrangement;

[0025] FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a semitrailer train comprising an adapter arrangement;

[0026] FIG. 3 is a front elevation view of an adapter arrangement; and

[0027] FIG. 4 is a cross-section elevation view through an adapter arrangement.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0028] FIG. 1 shows a semitrailer train comprising a trailer 100, an adapter arrangement 1 and an autonomous towing vehicle 200. The trailer 100 is connected to the connection console 80 of the adapter arrangement 1 via a spiral cable.

[0029] FIG. 2 shows an exploded view of a semitrailer train comprising an adapter arrangement 1, a towing vehicle 200 and a trailer 100. The trailer 100 has a trailer king pin 140 which, in a coupled state, is connected to the coupling arrangement 20 by force, in particular by positive locking, so that tensile forces can be transmitted from the coupling arrangement 20 of the adapter arrangement 1 to the trailer king pin 140 of the trailer. Here, the coupling arrangement 20 of the adapter arrangement 1 is formed by a fifth wheel coupling plate in the illustrated embodiment. This fifth wheel coupling plate 20 is rigidly fixed to the base body 10 of the adapter arrangement 1. The base body 10 is integrally formed with the support devices 70, wherein these form the distally opposite ends of the base body 10. For transmitting forces to the towing vehicle 200, the adapter arrangement 1 according to the invention has a king pin 40 which is arranged in the towing vehicle fifth wheel coupling 220 in a coupled state and wherein forces can be transmitted between the king pin 40 and the towing vehicle fifth wheel 220 in a coupled state. The adapter arrangement 1 according to the invention also has a plug connector 60 for being connected or being connectable in an energy-conducting manner to a part of an automatic coupling system of the towing vehicle 200.

[0030] FIG. 3 shows a front view of an adapter arrangement 1 according to the invention. The adapter arrangement 1 according to the invention has a base body 10 and a coupling arrangement 20 in the form of a fifth wheel coupling plate and a king pin 40, which extends in an extension direction of the king pin (R40). In the direction of this extension direction of the king pin below the coupling arrangement is the plug connector 60, which has a connecting plug 62. This connecting plug 62 is rotatably mounted in order to be able to perform a certain compensating movement.

[0031] FIG. 4 shows a section through an adapter arrangement 1 according to the invention.

[0032] The adapter arrangement 1 according to the invention has a coupling arrangement 20 in the form of a fifth wheel coupling plate. This fifth wheel coupling plate 20 is rigidly arranged on a fifth wheel coupling surface 12 of the base body. The coupling arrangement 20 has a bearing surface 22, which has an outwardly facing normal N. In addition, the coupling arrangement 20 also has an entry opening extending in an entry direction ER. Opposite the coupling arrangement 20, the king pin 40 of the adapter arrangement 1 is rigidly fixed to the king pin surface 14 on the base body 10. In the entry direction ER, the connecting plug 62 is spaced apart from both the coupling arrangement 20 as well as the king pin 40 and the base body 10. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, the adapter arrangement 1 has a support device 70 which is integrally formed with the base body 10. For support against a floor, the support device 70 has a support surface 72.

LIST OF REFERENCE SIGNS

[0033] 1 adapter arrangement [0034] 10 base body [0035] 12 fifth wheel coupling surface [0036] 14 King pin surface [0037] 20 coupling arrangement [0038] 22 bearing surface [0039] 40 king pin [0040] 60 plug connector [0041] 62 connecting plug [0042] 70 support device [0043] 72 support surface [0044] 80 connection console [0045] 100 trailer [0046] 140 trailer king pin [0047] 200 towing vehicle [0048] 220 towing vehicle fifth wheel coupling [0049] R40 Extension direction of the king pin [0050] ER entry direction [0051] N normal of the bearing surface