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US 11,628,698 B2Granted
Hitch vibration dampener
AssigneeAdvanced Engineering Group, LLC
InventorsArvinder Singh, Hardeep Singh
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Abstract
A hitch vibration dampener assembly and method of use thereof including a tow mount member including a base portion with a vibration dampener pad affixed to the back surface such that coupling of the tow mount member by locked engagement of at least one elongated pin successively received through paired side holes disposed in flanges of a hitch platform channel compresses vibration dampener pad upon the back panel of the hitch platform to thereby reduce the movement between the tow mount member and hitch assembly.
Claims19
A hitch vibration dampener assembly, comprising:
- a hitch platform having
- a shank tube portion configured for telescoped engagement within a receiver tube attached to a vehicle,
- a channel portion including a recessed column perpendicularly disposed between opposed flanges,
- a plurality of side holes disposed in the opposed flanges wherein the side holes are disposed to form aligned pairs;
- a tow mount member having a distal portion configured with an integral receiver end for detachable hitch mounting of a towed accessory, and
- a rear portion having a planar back surface integrally extending from the distal portion of the tow mount member, wherein the rear portion is configured for aligned abutment within the channel portion of the hitch platform, and wherein there is at least one through hole in the rear portion configured for aligned correspondence with the aligned pairs of side holes disposed in the opposed flanges;
- a vibration dampener pad affixed in abutted alignment to the planar back surface of the rear portion such that the vibration dampener pad stays fixed to the planar back surface when not in aligned abutment within the channel portion of the hitch platform and wherein the vibration dampener pad moves in tandem with the tow mount member;
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- at least one elongated pin configured for coupling the through hole of the rear portion and the aligned pair of side holes such that locked engagement of the at least one elongated pin with the aligned pair of the side holes secures the planar back surface of the rear portion of the tow mount member to thereby compress the vibration dampener pad upon the recessed column of the channel portion of the hitch platform to thereby dampen frictional noise due to contact between the hitch platform and the tow mount member.
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A hitch vibration dampener assembly, wherein a tow mount member comprises:
- a distal portion configured with an integral receiver end for detachable coupling of a towed accessory and a rear portion integrally extending from the distal portion wherein the rear portion has a planar back surface and at least one through hole disposed in parallel alignment to the planar back surface of the rear portion, and wherein the rear portion is configured for aligned abutment within a channel portion of a hitch platform;
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- a vibration dampener pad affixed in abutted alignment to the planar back surface of the rear portion such that the vibration dampener pad moves in tandem with the tow mount member, wherein the vibration dampener pad stays fixed to the planar back surface of the tow mount member when not in aligned abutment within the channel portion of the hitch platform,
- wherein coupled engagement of an elongate pin with the at least one through hole of the tow mount member secures the planar back surface of the rear portion of the tow mount member to thereby compress the vibration dampener pad upon the recessed column of the channel portion of the hitch platform to thereby dampen frictional noise due to contact between the hitch platform and the tow mount member.
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A method for dampening frictional noise due to contact between the hitch platform and the tow mount, comprising the steps of:
- providing a hitch platform having a shank tube portion configured for telescoped engagement within a receiver tube attached to a vehicle and a channel portion including a recessed column perpendicularly disposed between opposed flanges, wherein a plurality of aligned pairs of side holes are disposed in the opposed flanges;
- providing a tow mount member having a distal portion configured with an integral receiver end for detachable hitching of an independent tow accessory and an rear portion integrally extending from the distal portion, wherein the rear portion has a planar back surface and at least one through hole, wherein the rear portion is configured for aligned abutment within a channel portion of a hitch platform, and at least one elongated pin dimensioned for detachable coupling of the aligned pairs of side holes and the through hole of the rear portion of the tow mount member;
- affixing a vibration dampener pad in abutted alignment to the planar back surface of the rear portion such that the vibration dampener pad moves in tandem with the tow mount member, wherein the vibration dampener pad stays fixed to the planar back surface of the tow mount member when not in aligned abutment within the channel portion of the hitch platform;
- installing the tow mount member such that the rear portion is disposed within the opposed flanges of the channel portion;
- aligning the at least one through hole of the base portion with the pair of aligned side holes in the opposed flanges of the channel portion such that the rear portion of the tow mount member including the vibration dampener pad is in abutted alignment with the recessed column of the channel portion;
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- inserting the elongated pin through the aligned pair of side holes of the channel portion and the through hole of the rear portion of the tow mount member such that locked engagement of the elongated pin with the aligned pairs of side holes compresses the vibration dampener pad upon the recessed column of the channel portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.