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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2019
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Dragan B. Stojkovic, Taylor, MI (US);
Jack Marchlewski, Saline, MI (US);
Joshua Robert Hemphill, White Lake, MI (US);
Robert Reiners, Grosse Ile, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60D 1/44 (2006.01); B60D 1/48 (2006.01); B60D 1/06 (2006.01); B60D 1/167 (2006.01); B60D 1/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60D 1/44 (2013.01); B60D 1/48 (2013.01); B60D 1/06 (2013.01); B60D 1/167 (2013.01); B60D 1/665 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle hitch assembly is provided that includes an angled trailer tow bar configured to be supported at the rear of a vehicle, a hitch receiver movably coupled to the tow bar such that the receiver may move on the tow bar, and a locking mechanism for locking the receiver in a fixed position on the tow bar.