	US 11,766,903 B2
	Fifth wheel coupling comprising a coupling plate and a camera
Stephan Gitzen, Riedstadt (DE); Mark Müller, Frankfurt (DE); and Swen Saupe, Mainz (DE)
Assigned to JOST-WERKE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, Neu-Isenburg (DE)
Appl. No. 17/785,641
Filed by JOST-WERKE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, Neu-Isenburg (DE)
PCT Filed Dec. 2, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/061370 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 15, 2022, PCT Pub. No. WO2021/123990, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 102019008918.9 (DE), filed on Dec. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0054406 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. B60D 1/01 (2006.01); B60D 1/36 (2006.01); B60D 1/62 (2006.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01)

CPC B60D 1/015 (2013.01) [B60D 1/36 (2013.01); B60D 1/62 (2013.01); B60R 11/04 (2013.01); B60R 2300/808 (2013.01)]

16 Claims

1. A fifth wheel coupling, comprising; a coupling plate and a camera, wherein the coupling plate is supported n a towing vehicle by means of bearing elements, a centrally arranged locking region for receiving a king pin, a support surface at least partially laterally surrounding the locking region for supporting a trailer as well as an insertion opening running radially from the locking region, which is bordered in a conically widened section on both sides by insertion flanges, wherein the camera is arranged on one of the insertion flanges.