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US 12,653,082 B2Granted
Hitch for a vehicle
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsAbhijit Hingne, Sanjeev M. Hallale, Satyanarayana Ps, Achim R. Schibel, Martin Heitlinger
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Abstract
A hitch for a vehicle including a main frame which is mountable to a vehicle chassis, a pair of left and right lower support arms pivotably mounted to the main frame at a first end, each of the pair of left and right lower support arms include a holder at a second end for holding an implement attachment link, and a releasable locking device for fixing the implement attachment link to the holder.
Claims18
A hitch for a vehicle, comprising:
- a main frame which is mountable to a vehicle chassis;
- a pair of left and right lower support arms pivotably mounted to the main frame at a first end, each of the pair of left and right lower support arms include a holder at a second end for holding an implement attachment link, the holder including a slot formed by a first bracket and a second bracket, and the implement attachment link positioned between the first bracket and the second bracket in order to establish a form fit connection;
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- a releasable locking device for fixing the implement attachment link to the holder;
- the locking device including a locking pin positioned in a first aligning aperture in the first bracket, a second aligning aperture in the second bracket, and a third aligning aperture in the implement attachment link, the locking pin having a head at a first side and an aperture at the second side to receive a safety pin, the second bracket having a flange around the second aligning aperture at an external side, and the flange including two diametrical apertures to receive the safety pin.
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An agricultural vehicle including a hitch, comprising:
- a main frame which is mountable to a vehicle chassis;
- a pair of left and right lower support arms pivotably mounted to the main frame at a first end, each of the pair of left and right lower support arms include a holder at a second end for receiving an implement attachment link, the holder including a slot formed by a first bracket and a second bracket, and the implement attachment link positioned between the first bracket and the second bracket in order to establish a form fit connection;
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- a releasable locking device for fixing the implement attachment link to the holder, the locking device including a locking pin positioned in a first aligning aperture in the first bracket, a second aligning aperture in the second bracket, and a third aligning aperture in the implement attachment link, the locking pin having a head at a first side and an aperture at the second side to receive a safety pin, the second bracket having a flange around the second aligning aperture at an external side, and the flange including two diametrical apertures to receive the safety pin.
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A hitch for a vehicle, comprising:
- a main frame which is mountable to a vehicle chassis;
- a pair of left and right lower support arms pivotably mounted to the main frame at a first end, each of the pair of left and right lower support arms include a holder at a second end for holding an implement attachment link, the holder including a slot formed by a first bracket and a second bracket, and the implement attachment link positioned between the first bracket and the second bracket in order to establish a form fit connection;
- a releasable locking device for fixing the implement attachment link to the holder, the locking device including a locking pin positioned in a first aligning aperture in the first bracket, a second aligning aperture in the second bracket, and a third aligning aperture in the implement attachment link, the locking pin having a head at a first side and an aperture at the second side to receive a safety pin;
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- a cap positioned above the first aligning aperture of the first bracket of support arm, the cap aligning with a flat surface of the head of the locking pin in its mounted condition.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.