A hidden winch assembly for a vehicle, including: a winch assembly including a mounting structure defining a plurality of mounting points disposed on one side of the winch assembly; and a bumper structure including a mounting plate disposed on a back side of the bumper structure, wherein the mounting plate is disposed at an angle between a vertical plane of the vehicle and a horizontal plane of the vehicle; wherein the mounting structure of the winch assembly is coupled to the mounting plate of the bumper structure at the plurality of mounting points via a plurality of fasteners. A top portion of the bumper structure and/or the surrounding fascia component(s) define an opening through which the winch assembly can be viewed and/or accessed from an exterior of the vehicle. The opening includes one of a fixed panel, a removable access panel, a pivotable access panel, and a translatable access panel.


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    Title :

    HIDDEN WINCH ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2024-02-29


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR / B66D Haspeln , CAPSTANS



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