US Patent Issued to SAF-HOLLAND on March 24 for "Fifth-wheel coupling having securing apparatus" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,536, issued on March 24, was assigned to SAF-HOLLAND GmbH (Bessenbach, Germany).

"Fifth-wheel coupling having securing apparatus" was invented by Randy Kubler (Gottmadingen, Germany) and Mario Sebastian Koster (Bodman-Ludwigshafen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "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 ha...