Abstract: A wheeled vehicle including a platform portion having a mounting bracket for coupling a fifth wheel hitch to the vehicle. A pair of elongate frame members are located beneath the platform portion, and each having a lengthwise axis oriented substantially parallel to a forward direction of travel of the vehicle. A brace frame beneath the platform that is coupled between the pair of elongate frame members. The mounting bracket is secured to the brace frame and includes a stabilizer including a pair of elongate support arms joined by a cross-member. An anchor arrangement fixes the bracket relative the platform with long axes of the pair of arms transverse to the forward direction of travel. The mounting bracket has a lower portion in abutting engagement with the platform portion of the vehicle and an upper portion configured for receiving fixed coupled engagement of a fifth wheel hitch.

Abstract: A connector assembly for supplying power and transmitting signals from a vehicle to a towed trailer or other towed equipment. The connector assembly comprises a trailer hitch having a cross tube extending horizontally behind the vehicle. The cross tube has a wall separating an inside cavity from an outside surface of the cross tube. A first connector attached to the outside surface or mounted in a first opening in the wall of the cross tube has a connecting portion outwardly of the outside surface. Likewise, a second connector mounted at the outside surface or in a second opening in the wall of the cross tube has a connecting portion outwardly of the outside surface of the trailer hitch. One or more conduits extend across the inside cavity between the first and second connectors for interconnecting the vehicle to the towed trailer for supplying power and transmitting signals between them.