There is disclosed a replaceable support member for a trailer coupling (1) mounted on a towing vehicle, the support member being intended to support a connection portion (100) of a drawbar (101) mounted to a trailer, the support member thereby being susceptible to wear by the connection portion (100), wherein the support member is formed by a wearable material, and comprises an electrically conductive element integrated with the wearable material, the conductive element being arranged so as to form a part of an electrical circuit, and so that, when an amount of wear of the support member exceeds a predetermined threshold, an electrical state of the electrical circuit changes. A trailer coupling (1) is also disclosed.
SUPPORT MEMBER FOR A TRAILER COUPLING AND A TRAILER COUPLING COMPRISING SUCH A SUPPORT MEMBER
TRÄGERELEMENT FÜR EINE ANHÄNGERKUPPLUNG UND EINE ANHÄNGERKUPPLUNG MIT EINEM DERARTIGEN TRÄGERELEMENT
ÉLÉMENT DE SUPPORT POUR UN ATTELAGE DE REMORQUE ET ATTELAGE DE REMORQUE COMPRENANT UN TEL ÉLÉMENT DE SUPPORT
2020-11-18
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60D Fahrzeugverbindungen , VEHICLE CONNECTIONS |
SUPPORT MEMBER FOR A TRAILER COUPLING AND A TRAILER COUPLING COMPRISING SUCH A SUPPORT MEMBER
European Patent Office | 2019
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