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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dinesh C. Sekaria, Novi, MI (US);
John W. Cobes, Lower Burrell, PA (US);
Robert P. Evert, Allison Park, PA (US);
Walter R. Reichelt, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Jeffrey M. Shoup, Delmont, PA (US);
Kirit N. Shah, Monroeville, PA (US);
Assignee:
Alcoa Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60D 1/01 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60D 1/01 ;
Abstract
A vehicle trailer hitch including an aluminum tubular U-shaped strut and a cast aluminum receiver mounted thereto. Ends of the strut tube are flatted to form integral planar mounting flanges for mounting the hitch to a vehicle.