US 11,752,816 B2
Trailer hitch assembly
Derek Matthew Poston, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US); Kevin A. Gustafson, Monroe, MI (US); Vishnuvarthan Murugesan Moongilpatti, Canton, MI (US); Vladimir Vladimirovich Bogachuk, West Bloomfield, MI (US); and Conor Daniel Hennessey, South Hadley, MA (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Apr. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/225,975.
Prior Publication US 2022/0324278 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. B60D 1/48 (2006.01); B62D 21/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60D 1/488 (2013.01) [B60D 1/485 (2013.01); B62D 21/02 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle comprising:
a vehicle frame including a frame rail elongated along a vehicle-longitudinal axis, the frame rail defining a hole;
a trailer hitch mount supported by the frame rail; and
a face plate supported by the trailer hitch mount, the face plate defining an opening extending through the face plate and the opening being aligned with the hole of the frame rail;
the trailer hitch mount extending through the opening and being completely surrounded by the face plate and the trailer hitch mount extending into the hole of the frame rail along the vehicle-longitudinal axis; and
the trailer hitch mount being fixed to the frame rail with a fastener extending through the trailer hitch mount and the frame rail.