An electrical coupling system (10) suitable for electrically connecting a pulling vehicle (figure 1, 1) to a trailer (figure 1, 2), wherein the electrical coupling system (10) comprises a vehicle signal converter (20) to convert signals for a vehicle multi conductor system (3) and at least one control signal, the control signal comprises power from the pulling vehicle. The coupling system further comprises a trailer signal converter (30) arranged to convert signals for a trailer multi conductor system (4) and at least one control signal, the control signal comprises power to the trailer. The coupling (10) further comprises a socket (40) coupled with one of the signal converters (20,30), a plug (50) coupled with the other of the signal converters (20,30), and means (60) for transferring at least one control signal and power between the signal converters (20, 30), via the socket (40) and the plug (50) when the plug (50) is connected to the socket (40). The coupling may further comprise a SerDes module (80).
Electrical coupling system for vehicle-trailer coupling
2021-08-11
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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