US 12,454,321 B2
King pin arrangement and bend angle measuring system
Randy Kübler, Gottmadingen (DE); Mario Sebastian Köster, Bodman-Ludwigshafen (DE); and Daniel Müller, Aschaffenburg (DE)
Assigned to SAF-HOLLAND GmbH, Bessenbach (DE)
Appl. No. 17/753,807
Filed by SAF-HOLLAND GmbH, Bessenbach (DE)
PCT Filed Nov. 23, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/083034
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 15, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/115768, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 17, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 134 012.8 (DE), filed on Dec. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0043074 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. B62D 53/08 (2006.01); G01B 7/008 (2006.01); G01B 21/22 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 53/0842 (2013.01) [G01B 7/008 (2013.01); G01B 21/22 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A buckling angle measurement system, comprising:
a king pin arrangement;
a first measuring sensor; and
an evaluation unit;
wherein the king pin arrangement comprises a king pin and a mounting element, the king pin including a base section and a king pin head, wherein the king pin extends in a king pin direction, and wherein a positive king pin direction points from the base section to the king pin head;
wherein the mounting element comprises a receiving plate;
wherein the king pin is fastened directly and/or indirectly to the mounting element via the base section in a form-fitting, force-fitting and/or material-fitting manner;
wherein the king pin is fastened such that the king pin is rotationally fixed to the mounting element in a circumferential direction about the king pin direction;
wherein the mounting element and/or the king pin comprises a first measuring surface having an extension that has a continuous height profile in the direction of the king pin direction;
wherein the first measuring sensor is configured to interact metrologically with the first measuring surface;
wherein the first measuring sensor is an inductive sensor;
wherein the first measuring surface forms an end face of a measuring projection; and
wherein the measuring projection is formed integrally with the king pin, or wherein the measuring projection is integrally formed with the mounting element.