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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2017
Applicant:
Wabash National, L.p., Lafayette, IN (US);
Inventor:
Rodney P. Ehrlich, Monticello, IN (US);
Assignee:
Wabash National, L.P., Lafayette, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60D 1/01 (2006.01); B62D 53/08 (2006.01); C23C 4/129 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60D 1/01 (2013.01); B60D 1/015 (2013.01); B62D 53/0842 (2013.01); C23C 4/129 (2016.01); Y10T 29/49888 (2015.01);
Abstract
A method of making a vehicle coupler assembly comprises the steps of assembling together a coupler assembly, the coupler assembly comprising a coupler grid plate and a kingpin coupled together with the coupler grid plate and extending below a bottom surface of the coupler grid plate and after assembling together the coupler grid and the kingpin, applying a coating to at least a portion of the coupler assembly.