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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
May. 31, 2013
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Bradley Allen Brown, Leonard, MI (US);
Timothy Bickes, Dryden, MI (US);
Jeffrey Smith, Attica, MI (US);
Donald R. Strange, Allenton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle tow bar assembly having a latch assembly and a remotely operated actuator for unlatching the tow bar assembly from a tow line. The latch assembly may have a pivot lever that is retained by a latch pin until released. Alternatively, the latch assembly may have a pair of jaws that are opened by a linear motor and a set of cams. A method of towing a vehicle with a tow bar assembly that is unlatched and released when the vehicle is moving at a selected speed in a test procedure.
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