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US 11,634,187 B2Granted
Autoslide fifth wheel hitch
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorCliff Standifer
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Abstract
An example trailer hitch is disclosed. The example trailer hitch includes a trailer hitch including a base to be coupled to a vehicle bed of a vehicle, a carriage slidably coupled to the base, the carriage to slide along rails of the base between a first position and a second position, and a head rotatably coupled to the carriage, the carriage to slide from the first position to the second position in response to rotation of the head.
Claims21
A trailer hitch comprising:
- a base to be coupled to a vehicle bed of a vehicle;
- a carriage slidably coupled to the base, the carriage to slide along rails of the base between a first position and a second position;
- a head rotatably coupled to the carriage, the carriage to slide from the first position to the second position in response to rotation of the head;
- a lever rigidly fixed to a column extending from the head toward the base, the lever to rotate with the head and the column;
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- a link rotatably coupled between the lever and the base, the link coupled to the lever at a first pin joint and coupled to the base at a second pin joint.
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A trailer hitch comprising:
- a fixed component including cylindrical guides, the fixed component to be coupled to a vehicle bed;
- a sliding component including arms slidably coupled to the cylindrical guides, the sliding component to slide between a first position and a second position along the cylindrical guides;
- a rotating component coupled to the sliding component, the rotating component to slide with and rotate with respect to the sliding component, the sliding component and the rotating component to slide along the fixed component in response to a rotation of the rotating component;
- a lever fixed to a column extending away from the rotating component, the lever to rotate with the rotating component;
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- a link rotatably coupled between the lever and the fixed component, the link coupled to the lever at a first pin joint and coupled to the fixed component at a second pin joint.
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A trailer hitch comprising:
- a fixed base;
- a carriage slidably coupled to the fixed base;
- a head rotatably coupled to the carriage, the carriage to slide along the fixed base in response to a rotation of the head;
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- a linkage including:
- a link coupled to the fixed base at a first pin joint;
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- a lever coupled to the link at a second pin joint and further coupled to the head, the rotation of the head to generate an angular displacement between the link and the lever at the second pin joint, the angular displacement corresponding to a distance traveled by the carriage along the fixed base.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.