POWERED ROAD VEHICLE COMPRISING A REPLACEABLE REAR BODY MOUNTING

摘要

A powered road vehicle, namely a passenger car having a permissible maximum laden weight of 3.5 tons or a lorry having a permissible maximum laden weight of 5 tons, comprises: a base vehicle (1) having a load-transferring bottom structure (11) consisting of a vehicle body bottom (12) and/or a carriage (13), said bottom structure (11) being provided with a front axle (14) and at least one rear axle (15), the base vehicle (1) further including a vehicle body (16) supported on the bottom structure (11), the rear part of the vehicle body (16) having side walls (17, 18), and a replaceable rear body mounting (2) upwardly joining the side walls (17, 18), the rear body mounting (2) being supported directly on the bottom structure (11) in a load-transferring manner, the rear body mounting (2) being releasably locked in a main coupler (3) of the base vehicle (1), the main coupler (3) being supported directly on the bottom structure (11) in a load-transferring manner, the rear body mounting (2) being further fixed to a separate aligning coupler (4) arranged at a distance from the main coupler (3), wherein the rear body mounting (2) is adapted to engage the aligning coupler (4) in a pre-alignment position, and to be lowered from the pre-alignment position into the locking position at the main coupler (3), and the main coupler (3) is arranged both to provide main coupling of the rear body mounting (2) such as to prevent displacement and rotation thereof, and to support a semi-trailer (5) such that vertical loads and trailing forces are transferred.