A bearing part forms part of a road vehicle trailer coupling and is fixed to the towing vehicle. On it is located a pivot part with a ball throat and a coupling ball, the latter being pivotable relatively to the bearing part around an axis between a rest p...

The wind deflector for convertible motor vehicles has a frame (12) in two sections (14a,14b) connected by hinges with a guiding edge on each of the sections for the flat material web stretched over the frame. The material web runs over each guiding edge wh...

To improve a towing device for motor vehicles (16) comprising a ball neck (10) held in a vehicle-mounted receptacle, which carries a coupling ball (12) at its end facing away from the receptacle (30), such that it can be operated more safely, it is propose...

The trailer coupling has a pivot bearing body (30) fixed to the vehicle (16), which supports a pivoting element. A ball neck (10) extends from the pivoting element and supports a coupling ball (12). The coupling also has a locking device to positively-fix ...

The screen element has a flat material part (14) extending in one plane. The flat material part may be a woven, knitted or braided and is made of stiff wires or fibres, to form a stiff sheet. The wires or fibres are preferably deformable and may be metal w...

The section of flat material (14) is permanently secured to the frame (10). At least part of the frame (28) is made of plastic and is fixed to a further component (16). During attachment, the connecting region of the plastic is heated, softened and set. A ...

The swivel arm (14) holding the contact unit (56) swivels round the pivot axis (30) on a car-fitted bearing (22) so as to swing the unit between action (A) and rest (R) settings. In its rest setting, the unit can maintain the ground clearance of the car an...