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 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 fifth wheel includes a fifth wheel plate, a plug, a drive, and a guide arrangement for the plug, wherein the fifth wheel plate has a semi-trailer surface that has an outwardly pointing normal, that is parallel to a vertical direction wherein the fifth wheel plate has an insertion opening that extends in an insertion direction, wherein the plug is displaceable by the drive from a first, in particular retracted, position into a second position, in particular an extended position, wherein the plug is guided from the first position into the second position and/or from the second position into the first position by the guide arrangement, wherein an offset in the vertical direction and in the insertion direction is present between the first position and the second position.

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: A fifth-wheel coupling arrangement includes a primary coupling apparatus and a fifth-wheel plate that includes a semitrailer surface having an outward-pointing normal, and an insertion opening that extends in an insertion direction, the primary coupling apparatus includes a main body, a drive mechanically connected to a cover apparatus via a coupling mechanism, and a plug element having energy conducting contacts that point in a plug-in direction, wherein the cover apparatus includes a cover element displaceable by the drive between a first position where the plug element is exposed, and a second position where the plug element is covered, and wherein the insertion direction is substantially parallel to the plug-in direction.

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: A fifth wheel coupling includes a fifth wheel coupling plate having a bearing surface having a normal and an retraction opening for a king pin and configured to prevent the king pin from being moved out of the retraction opening when in a closed position, and allow the king pin to be moved out of the retraction opening when in an open position, an actuating device having an actuating area extending along a longitudinal axis and configured to transfer the locking mechanism from the closed position to the open position, and a transmission area configured to transfer forces to the locking mechanism, and a safety device including a locking arrangement pivotably mounted about a pivot axis such that the locking arrangement can be moved into a locking position and into a release.

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 trailer having a kingpin or having a drawbar for coupling a tractor unit on a coupling side of the trailer, wherein the trailer has a detectable pattern on its coupling side, and a tractor unit for coupling to a kingpin or a drawbar of a trailer, wherein the tractor unit has, for the identification of a trailer and/or for assisting a coupling process, in particular on a coupling side of the drawbar, a detection unit for detecting a detectable pattern.

Abstract: A coupling system for a fifth wheel coupling includes a first plug unit having a plurality of first plug connectors, and a second plug unit having a plurality of second plug connectors to engage and transmit power and/or fluid with the first plug connectors, and an adjuster unit having a guide section configured to be brought into engagement with a retaining element on one of the plug units to transmit a force from the adjuster unit to the plug unit, which displaces the plug unit along a plug-in axis, wherein the adjuster unit can be displaced transversely and laterally to the plug-in axis or can be rotated about the plug-in axis.

Abstract: A system for pivoting a coupling component for a semi-trailer truck includes a rotation device configured to pivot the coupling component between a primary position and a secondary position, and at least one line, which is guided into the coupling component via the rotation device and wherein the system comprises a pivot arm for entraining the at least one line when the coupling component is pivoted between the primary position and the secondary position.

Abstract: A system for pivoting a coupling component for an outrigger, for a coupling between a tractor unit and a semi-trailer includes a rotation configured to pivot the coupling component between a primary position and a secondary position, and at least one line, which is guided into the coupling component via the rotation device, wherein the system is configured such that the at least one line forms a loop in the primary position in a defined area, and the loop is reduced in size when pivoted to the secondary position.

Abstract: A trailer controller for mounting on a trailer, wherein the trailer controller has at least one position-determining unit which is designed to detect a current position of at least two regions predefined on a trailer, in order to determine a current position and an alignment. In addition, the invention relates to a trailer having a trailer controller and a coupling system, as well as to a method for carrying out a coupling process between a tractor unit and a trailer with a coupling system.

Abstract: A coupling system for a towing vehicle that includes at least one sensor, and a fifth wheel arrangement that includes a fifth wheel plate and at least one bearing block, wherein the fifth wheel plate has a trailer surface and an entry opening, wherein the trailer surface has an outwardly pointing normal, wherein the entry opening extends in an entry direction, wherein the fifth wheel plate is pivotably beard about a transverse axis relative to the bearing block, wherein the bearing block has a contact surface, wherein the contact surface lies in a contact plane, wherein the sensor indirectly and/or directly detects a pitch angle about the transverse axis contactlessly, and wherein the sensor is arranged in the immediate vicinity of the fifth wheel plate.

Abstract: A system for checking an operating state of a component on a vehicle, in particular on a commercial vehicle, comprising a detection device which detects information in the form of a data set, in particular an image data set, in a defined region on the vehicle, the defined region comprising the component to be checked, and an evaluation device to which the data set is provided, wherein the evaluation device is configured to determine the operating state of the component on the basis of the detected data set, wherein the detection device is arranged outside the vehicle.

Abstract: A fifth wheel configured to reversibly couple a trailer to a tractor including a coupling plate configured to receive a journal element of the trailer and a bearing block configured to pivotably bear the coupling plate about a pivot axis, in particular about a horizontally extending pivot axis, at least one distance sensor being provided which determines a distance with respect to a reference surface, the at least one distance sensor and/or the reference surface being arranged as part of the bearing block or on the bearing block.

Abstract: An adapter arrangement, in particular fifth wheel adapter arrangement, for a semitrailer train, comprising a base body, a coupling arrangement, in particular a fifth wheel coupling plate, and a king pin, wherein the king pin is fixed indirectly and/or directly to the base body, wherein in particular the coupling arrangement is stationary relative to the king pin.

Abstract: A coupling system includes a coupling plug and a coupling receptacle, wherein the coupling plug and the coupling receptacle engage with one another in such a way that the first coupling part makes fluid-tight contact with the first receiving part, the second coupling part makes fluid-tight contact with the second receiving part and the third coupling part makes fluid-tight contact with the third receiving part, and wherein the contact surfaces of the coupling parts and the receiving parts are substantially rotationally symmetrical about the first axis.

Abstract: A kingpin arrangement for arrangement a commercial vehicle trailer, includes a kingpin that extends in an extension direction, a stator rotationally fixed with respect to the kingpin and a rotor that includes (a plug connector adapted to be connectable or connected to a complementarily configured plug element of a towing vehicle, wherein the stator includes at least one connection that is connected to a distribution network of the trailer at least in an installed state, wherein the connection is connected to the energy connection in an electrically conductive manner via an energy transmission device, and wherein the rotor is freely rotatable relative to the stator about an axis of rotation.

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