Trailer Coupling Comprising a Sensor
First Claim
1. A trailer coupling for a motor vehicle for attaching a trailer or supporting a load carrier, with a coupling arm provided with a coupling element for coupling-on the trailer or load carrier, and at least one sensor mounted on the coupling arm, for detecting a deformation of the coupling arm due to a load acting on the coupling arm wherein there is provided on an outer peripheral contour of the coupling arm at least one recess, in or on which the sensor or sensors is or are mounted or held.
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Abstract
A trailer coupling for a motor vehicle for attaching a trailer or for supporting a load carrier, including a coupling arm provided for coupling a coupling piece of the trailer or load carrier, and at least one sensor arranged on the coupling arm for detecting a deformation of the coupling arm caused by a load on the coupling arm. For the trailer coupling, at least one recess is provided on an outer circumferential contour of the coupling arm, in which or on which recess the at least one sensor is arranged or held.
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16 Claims
- 1. A trailer coupling for a motor vehicle for attaching a trailer or supporting a load carrier, with a coupling arm provided with a coupling element for coupling-on the trailer or load carrier, and at least one sensor mounted on the coupling arm, for detecting a deformation of the coupling arm due to a load acting on the coupling arm wherein there is provided on an outer peripheral contour of the coupling arm at least one recess, in or on which the sensor or sensors is or are mounted or held.
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16. A sensor module for a trailer coupling for a motor vehicle, which has a coupling arm for attaching a trailer or for supporting a load carrier, wherein the sensor module has a sensor or sensors provided for mounting on the coupling arm to detect deformation of the coupling arm by a load acting on the coupling arm wherein the sensor module has an outer peripheral contour which is matched to at least one inner peripheral contour of a recess, provided on an outer peripheral contour of the coupling arm, in or on which the sensor or sensors is or are mounted or held.
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