A hitch assembly includes a tubular shank, a tongue, at least one hitch ball, and a pin retractor assembly. The shank extends longitudinally from a first to second end. The shank also defines a pair of through holes. The pin retractor assembly includes a pull plate and a pin assembly. The pull plate is moveable in a longitudinal direction between a first position and a second position. The pin assembly includes at least two engagement pins operatively coupled to the pull plate. Each engagement pin is moveable in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction between an extended position, in which each engagement pin protrudes through a corresponding one of the pair of through holes defined by the shank, and a retracted position. Actuation of the pull plate from the first position to the second position causes the engagement pins to move from the extended position to the retracted position.
BALL MOUNT HITCH ASSEMBLY WITH RETRACTABLE HITCH PINS
2023-03-30
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60D Fahrzeugverbindungen , VEHICLE CONNECTIONS |
Hitch ball mount and method of forming the hitch ball mount
European Patent Office | 2016
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