Abstract: A method for ascertaining an orientation of a trailer relative to a tractor vehicle, wherein the tractor vehicle comprises a detection device which detects a first object region on the trailer and a second object region on the trailer, including recording the first and second regions by the one detection device, providing the recording to an evaluation device, assigning first and second information items to the first and second regions, and determining the orientation of the trailer relative to the tractor vehicle on the basis of the first and second information items by the evaluation device, wherein the evaluation device is configured for recognition in the first and/or second object regions, wherein the component located inside the first and/or second object regions comprises a supporting jack and/or a supporting jack base and/or a reinforcing cross and/or a connecting shaft.

Abstract: A connection system for use on a fifth-wheel coupling includes first and second connection units each including a carrier unit and a plug-in unit each having a coupling axis and mounted on the respective carrier unit so as to be able to pivot about a respective pivot axis, a, the first and second plug-in units respectively including a coupling region of an electrical line element and/or a fluid-conveying line, the second connection unit mounted on a semi-trailer to be pivotable about a pivot axis such that the second connection unit can be moved into a coupling position, wherein the second pivot axis extends parallel to the first pivot axis when the second connection unit is in the coupling position, and wherein the first coupling axis is essentially collinear with the second coupling axis if the first and second plug-in units are in the coupling position.

Abstract: A fifth-wheel coupling arrangement includes, a plurality of wear sensors, a fifth-wheel coupling plate, a lock claw mounted on the fifth-wheel coupling plate configured to be movable in a first closing direction, a locking mechanism, with a stop, configured to be mounted on the fifth-wheel coupling plate configured to be movable in a second closing direction, wherein the fifth-wheel coupling plate has an insertion opening for a king pin, wherein the lock claw positively prevents the king pin from moving out of the insertion opening in a closed state of the fifth-wheel coupling arrangement and allows the king pin to move out of the insertion opening in an open state of the fifth-wheel coupling arrangement, wherein the wear sensor is configured to monitor a wear parameter of the fifth-wheel coupling arrangement, and wherein the wear sensor has a data output.

Abstract: An air suspension system, includes an air suspension bellows connected to a vehicle frame, and an air suspension piston connected to a link, wherein the air suspension bellows and the air suspension piston are connected to each other and enclose an inner air volume, the air suspension piston has a rolling surface for rolling of the air suspension bellows, the air suspension bellows has a contact portion for rolling on the rolling surface, the rolling surface or the contact portion has at least one opening, wherein contacting areas of the rolling surface and the contact portion define a contact surface, and wherein a fluidic connection for an air flow through the at least one opening between the inner air volume and an environment is enabled and prevented by a change in the contact surface that includes a relative movement of the air suspension bellows to the air suspension piston.

Abstract: Axle load detection system for a commercial vehicle includes a force transmission element and a sensor unit, wherein the sensor unit includes at least one sensor, wherein the force transmission element includes a first assembly area and a second assembly area, wherein the first assembly area is fixed or can be fixed indirectly and/or directly to a vehicle frame of a vehicle of a commercial vehicle, wherein an air spring and/or a control arm is arranged and/or configured to be arranged on the second assembly area, wherein the sensor unit is configured to determine and/or detect a force transmitted via the force transmission element between the first assembly area and the second assembly area in a supporting direction.

Abstract: Axle adjustment system of a commercial vehicle includes a frame element with a first guide region that includes first guide openings where the first region is attached to an axle and displaces a steering element in an adjustment direction, and an alignable eccentric element with an opening, the arrangement of which relative to the first guide region determines the displacement of the steering element, and a second guide region that includes a second guide opening via which the eccentric element and the frame element are in engagement with one another and in which a pin-like element engages the pin-like element being movable in the second guide opening, when the eccentric element is aligned.

Abstract: A fifth-wheel coupling arrangement includes a primary coupling device of a fifth wheel coupling arrangement or a trailer, in particular a semi-trailer, wherein the primary coupling device includes a base body, a drive and a connector element, wherein the base body is configured to be fixed to the fifth wheel coupling arrangement or the trailer, and wherein the connector element (is configured to be displaceable relative to the base body by the drive in a displacement direction.

Abstract: A kingpin arrangement for an automatic coupling system including a kingpin extending in a kingpin direction, a turntable mounted rotatably about the kingpin direction relative to the kingpin and mounted on a plain-bearing, the turntable having an opening, through which the kingpin extends, and a support structure extending in a radial direction, the support structure including a fastener for indirectly and/or directly fastening and/or for mounting a plug connector, the support structure being fixed indirectly and/or directly to an end of the turntable.

Abstract: A hub configured to rotate about an axis of rotation in the circumferential direction, and having a connection surface and a connection opening, the connection opening configured to at least partially receive a connector, the connection surface configured to contact indirectly and/or directly with a contact surface of a brake disc, where the contact surface does not include connection openings.

Abstract: A steering system includes a base body having a contact surface on a base body side and a bearing area for pivotable suspension of a first distal end and a retaining element having a contact surface on a retaining side and a fastening section for fastening a spring element, and that is arranged at an end of the base body and fixed to the base body by an adhesive between the contact surfaces, and/or wherein an axle body with a contact surface on the axle side, wherein the base body is fixed to the axle body by an adhesive introduced between the contact surfaces, wherein the retaining element is fixed to the axle body by an adhesive introduced between the contact surface on the axle side and the contact surface on the retaining side.

Abstract: A mobile sensor device for a vehicle combination with a tractor and a trailer, in particular a semitrailer train with a semitrailer tractor and a semitrailer includes a recording device for recording information, a transmission device for transmitting the information to a central device, and a connection area for detachably coupling the mobile sensor device to the trailer, in particular the semitrailer.

Abstract: A connecting system and a method for connecting a towing vehicle to a semitrailer includes a first plug unit configured to be fixed to a rotor of a semitrailer unit rotatably mounted on the semitrailer unit about an axis of rotation and having a first coupling portion, and a second plug unit having at least one mounting portion configured to be attached to a coupling plate of a commercial vehicle and a second coupling portion, wherein the first and second coupling portions are configured to be coupled together along a coupling axis such that the coupling axis is substantially parallel to the axis of rotation and spaced from the axis of rotation, and such that the first coupling portion is displaceable relative to the rotor and/or the second coupling portion is displaceable relative to the mounting portion along the coupling axis to engage or disengage the respective opposite coupling portion.

Abstract: A wheel hub includes an outer collar region, as seen in the radial direction, and an inner core region, as seen in the radial direction, wherein, as seen in the axial direction, the inner core region is thicker than the outer collar region, and wherein, in the inner core region, the wheel hub has a substantially axially running primary recess for the connection of a brake disk.

Abstract: A king pin arrangement includes a king pin and a mounting member, the mounting member comprising a receiving plate, the king pin having a base section and a king pin head, the king pin extending in a king pin direction, wherein a positive king pin direction points from the base section to the king pin head, wherein the king pin is fastened directly and/or indirectly to the mounting element by the base section in a form-fitting, force-fitting and/or material-fitting manner, the king pin being 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 has a first measuring surface which has a continuous height profile along an extension of the remaining surface in the direction of the king pin direction.

Abstract: A device for transferring a line between a retracted state and an extended state includes a line arranged in an interface region between a semitrailer train and a semitrailer, wherein the line has a first line section and a second line section and wherein the line is longer in the extended state than in the retracted state, and an envelope element via which the first line section and the second line section are connectable for transfer between the retracted state and the extended state by forming a telescopic mechanism.

Abstract: An axle for utility vehicles includes a first wheel end and a second wheel end arranged opposite each other and rotatably on the axle, a recovery device connected to the first wheel end configured to recover rotational energy of the first wheel end, a braking device configured to decelerate the second wheel end, and a control unit configured to determine information on a deceleration of the first wheel end which results from the recovery and/or a deceleration of the second wheel end, and to control the braking device and/or the recovery device such that the deceleration of the first wheel end and the deceleration of the second wheel end are matched to each other, wherein the control unit is configured to determine the information on the deceleration of the first wheel end based on the recovered rotational energy.

Abstract: A bearing device for mounting an axle guide for commercial vehicles includes a first connector which has an axial direction of extension, and a first axial centre in the axial direction of extension, a damping unit, having an outwardly peripheral retaining surface, and a second connector being fixed to the retaining surface, wherein the second connector extends along the axial direction of extension, wherein the second connector has a boundary surface on which an axle guide can be fixed, wherein the boundary surface has a second axial centre in the axial direction of extension, and wherein the first and the second axial centre are offset from each other along a vector of the axial direction of extension.

Abstract: A cantilevered coupling component for an interface area between a semitrailer and a tractor unit, which can be releasably connected to one another in the interface area by a pin element, the coupling component including a pin-side connection area for pivotally mounting the coupling component on the pin element, and a rail-side connection area for slidable mounting along a translation direction of the coupling component on a rail of the semitrailer.

Abstract: An axle mounting unit for commercial vehicles a surrounding element, an end element, at least one fastening element and a securing device, configured for mounting a first chassis part that comprises an axle, with a second chassis part that comprises a control arm, wherein a surrounding element is arranged on the first chassis part, an end element is arranged on the second chassis part, wherein the surrounding element has at least two legs extending in a leg direction, the end element extends between the two legs, the fastening element braces the end element with the surrounding element, the securing device creates a form-fit securing device that limits and/or prevents a displacement of the separated part in the leg direction in a positive-locking manner in the event of mechanical failure.