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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2021
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Derek Matthew Poston, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Kevin A. Gustafson, Monroe, MI (US);
Vishnuvarthan Murugesan Moongilpatti, Canton, MI (US);
Vladimir Vladimirovich Bogachuk, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Conor Daniel Hennessey, South Hadley, MA (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a vehicle frame. The vehicle frame includes a frame rail elongated along a vehicle-longitudinal axis that defines a hole. The vehicle includes a trailer hitch mount supported by the frame rail. The vehicle includes a face plate supported by the trailer hitch mount that defines an opening extending through the face plate that is aligned with the hole of the frame rail. The trailer hitch mount extends through the opening and is completely surrounded by the face plate. The trailer hitch mount extends into the hole of the frame rail along the vehicle-longitudinal axis.