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Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026

Filed:

Jan. 18, 2023
Applicant:

Saf-holland, Inc., Muskegon, MI (US);

Inventor:

Justin D. Keatley, Zeeland, MI (US);

Assignee:

SAF-Holland, Inc., Muskegon, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 53/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 53/0842 (2013.01); B62D 53/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

A fifth wheel hitch plate arrangement includes a mounting portion configured to be coupled to a vehicle frame, a kingpin throat configured to receive a kingpin of a towed vehicle therein, and a body portion supported by the mounting portion, the body portion including an upper surface configured to abut a mating surface of the towed vehicle, a bottom surface opposite the upper surface, and a plurality of reliefs extending from the upper surface toward the bottom surface, wherein the plurality of reliefs are closed at a bottom end thereof, and wherein the plurality of reliefs are spaced about the upper surface in a repeating pattern.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Keatley, Justin. (2026). Fifth wheel hitch plate surfaces with patterned grease reliefs (U.S. Patent No. 12722722). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12722722

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