Patent ID: 6129411
Filing Date: 2000-10-10
Classification: B60P,B62D

Abstract:
A powered road vehicle of the type of a passenger car having a permissible maximum laden weight of 3.5 tons or of a lorry having a permissible maximum laden weight of 5 tons, comprising:a base vehicle having a load-transferring bottom structure which includes a vehicle body bottom and/or a carriage, said bottom structure being provided with a front axle and at least one rear axle, the base vehicle further including a vehicle body supported on the bottom structure, the rear part of the vehicle body having side walls,a replaceable rear body mounting upwardly joining the side walls, the rear body mounting being supported directly on the bottom structure in a load-transferring manner,the base vehicle further comprising a main coupler directly mounted and arranged at the bottom structure in a load-transferring manner, and an aligning coupler separately arranged at a distance from the main coupler,the rear body mounting further comprising a mating coupler mating with the main coupler of the base vehicle and a mating member mating with the separate aligning coupler of the base vehicle,said rear body mounting, in a locking position, being releasably locked in the main coupler of the base vehicle by mating engagement of the mating coupler and the main coupler,said mating member of said rear body mounting being adapted to engage with the aligning coupler in a pre-alignment position, and to be lowered from the pre-alignment position into the locking position at which the main coupler is locked to the mating coupler,said main coupler being arranged and designed both to provide positive engagement of the rear body mounting such as to prevent displacement and rotation thereof, and to enable coupling of a semi-trailer with the bottom structure such that vertical loads and trailing forces resulting from the coupling with the semi-trailer are transferred by the main coupler to the bottom structure.