Patent ID: 9616948
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: B62D,F16D,Y10S

Claim:
1. A vehicle module for engaging an elongated shaft extending from a mating vehicle module, the elongated shaft having a neck with a cross-section which is non-uniform, the vehicle module comprising: a clamping mechanism having opposing clamps which in an opened position receive the shaft and in a closed position define an opening matching the cross-section of the neck of the elongated shaft; a mechanism connected to said clamping mechanism configured to move the clamps between the opened position and the closed position, whereby the clamps engage the neck of the elongated shaft in the closed position so that the shaft is fixed with respect to the clamping mechanism; wherein the shaft cannot rotate with respect to the clamping mechanism when the clamping mechanism is in the closed position; and, wherein the vehicle module has a front, rear and sides, and the shaft is received by the clamping mechanism at a side of said vehicle module and said vehicle module can be rotated with respect to the mating vehicle module by rotating the clamping mechanism.