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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2005
Mark M. Audo, Muskegon, MI (US);
David R. Pernesky, Holland, MI (US);
Steven C. Dupay, Holland, MI (US);
Michael H. Ginocchio, Grand Haven, MI (US);
Gerald W. Hungerink, Holland, MI (US);
Mark M. Audo, Muskegon, MI (US);
David R. Pernesky, Holland, MI (US);
Steven C. Dupay, Holland, MI (US);
Michael H. Ginocchio, Grand Haven, MI (US);
Gerald W. Hungerink, Holland, MI (US);
The Holland Group, Inc., Holland, MI (US);
Abstract
A fifth wheel mounting assembly for mounting a fifth wheel hitch plate to a frame of a tractor that includes a pair of first support members adapted to be fixedly coupled to a pair of rails of a tractor, and each having a plurality of first apertures, and a pair of first mounting brackets each including a plurality of apertures that receive mounting hardware therein, wherein the mounting hardware extends through the plurality of apertures of the first mounting bracket and through the plurality of first apertures of the support members, thereby fixedly coupling the mounting brackets with the support members. Each mounting bracket further includes an inwardly exposed aperture adapted to receive a mounting pin therein for pivotally coupling a fifth wheel hitch plate to the mounting brackets, and a recess. The fifth wheel mounting assembly further includes a structural cross member having ends received within the recesses of the mounting brackets, thereby torsionally coupling the pairs of support members and mounting brackets with one another.