ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,273, issued on March 24, was assigned to ACPS Automotive GmbH (Germany).
"Trailer coupling" was invented by Wolfgang Gentner (Steinheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In order to improve a trailer coupling, comprising a ball neck, which is movable between a working position and a rest position and has a pivot bearing body arranged at a first end and a coupling ball arranged at a second end, a pivot unit, which is arranged fixed to a vehicle and by means of which the pivot bearing body is pivotal for the purpose of performing a pivotal movement about a pivot axis between a working position and a rest position, wherein the pi...