Notched end hitch bar

Details Notched end hitch bar Notched end hitch bar

1996-11-13

1999-02-23

Hurley, Kevin

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Articulated vehicle

280483, B60D 152

Patent

active

058735941

ABSTRACT:
A hitch bar for a trailer hitch assembly is formed from an elongated bar including a notched proximal end and a mounting rack carried on the distal end. The notch is V-shaped and extends in a vertical plane so as to define upper and lower projecting lugs at the proximal end of the bar. The notch reduces the stiffness of the elongated bar at its proximal end allowing the bar to deflect and absorb a portion of the reaction load. The bar also redistributes that load in the hitch box, thereby reducing localized force and extending the life expectancy of the hitch.

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patent: 4613149 (1986-09-01), Williams, Jr.
patent: 4678199 (1987-07-01), Dickmann
patent: 5647603 (1997-07-01), Kass et al.
patent: 5727805 (1998-03-01), La Roque

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