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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2014
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Adam J. Upah, Cable, OH (US);
Matthew Lee Taracko, Marysville, OH (US);
Kurt Robert Blankemeyer, Dublin, OH (US);
Dakota D. Kirtland, Bluffton, OH (US);
Prince Rodriguez, Powell, OH (US);
Jeremy T. McGuire, Powell, OH (US);
Hiroshi Okazaki, Columbus, OH (US);
Hidemi Minami, Dublin, OH (US);
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A winch bracket assembly and method of mounting same on an associated vehicle includes a winch bracket extending from an end of a frame of the vehicle. A mounting arrangement secures the winch bracket to the frame of the associated vehicle and allows the winch bracket to have high rigidity relative to the frame in a first direction and a different, low rigidity relative to the frame in a second direction.