Patent attributes
The invention relates to an electric interface device (11) for transmitting electric power between a vehicle and an implement that can be coupled to said vehicle (42), which is especially an agricultural or industrial utility vehicle. The inventive electric interface device (11) comprises a vehicle interface (14), an implement interface (24), and electric wires (20, 22, 30, 32, 58, 62), by means of which the vehicle interface (14) can be connected to an electric power source (10) of the vehicle (42) and the implement interface (24) can be connected to an electric consumer (12). The vehicle interface (14) is embodied so as to be complementary to the implement interface (24) and can be reversibly connected to the implement interface (24). The invention further relates to a vehicle (42) and an implement encompassing an electric interface device (11). The disclosed electric interface device (11) is characterized by a measuring apparatus (34) that is allocated to the vehicle interface (14) and/or an actuator (52) which is assigned to the vehicle interface (14). The measuring apparatus (34) makes it possible to quantify at least one electric state variable of the electric power transmitted between the vehicle (42) and the implement, and/or the actuator (52) makes it possible to modify at least one electric state variable of the electric power transmitted between the vehicle 42) and the implement.