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US 2026/0296115 A1Published application
Trailer hitch tube mounted accessories and vehicles including trailer hitch mounted accessories
AssigneesToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsAaron R. Steinhilb, Timothy J. Woychowski
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Abstract
A trailer hitch tube mounted vehicle accessory includes a connector assembly comprising a pair of opposing wedge members having angled faces that face each other and a fastener that connects the wedge members together such that torqueing the fastener pulls the wedge members together causing the wedge members to slide laterally in opposite directions thereby engaging opposing interior surfaces of a trailer hitch tube.
Claims10
A trailer hitch tube mounted vehicle accessory comprising:
- a connector assembly comprising a pair of opposing wedge members having angled faces that face each other and a fastener that connects the wedge members together such that torqueing the fastener pulls the wedge members together causing the wedge members to slide laterally in opposite directions thereby engaging opposing interior surfaces of a trailer hitch tube.
A vehicle comprising:
- a trailer hitch tube;
- and
- a trailer hitch tube mounted vehicle accessory comprising a connector assembly mounted within the trailer hitch tube, the connector assembly comprising a pair of opposing wedge members having angled faces that face each other and a fastener that connects the wedge members together such that torqueing the fastener pulls the wedge members together causing the wedge members to slide laterally in opposite directions thereby engaging opposing interior surfaces of the trailer hitch tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.