Thill Or Tongue Attached Patents (Class 280/155)
  • Patent number: 8348291
    Abstract: A suspension strut includes a suspension strut bearing and a deflector seal. The suspension strut bearing has an upper portion mounted above a lower portion and a bearing seal mounted therebetween. The upper portion does not rotate with a steerable assembly while the lower portion does, with the upper portion including a lower surface adjacent to a seal opening. The deflector seal is elastomeric and is a toroidal shape, having a radially inner portion and a radially outer portion. The inner portion is secured against the lower portion of the strut bearing, and the outer portion is cantilevered outward from the inner portion to allow for elastic flexing of the outer portion. The outer portion allows for upward elastic flexing into contact with the lower surface of the upper portion of the strut bearing when a fluid or contaminant impinges upon a lower surface of the outer portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Myron P. Sedman, David M. Caldwell, Ferdous M. Ghazi, James Logan, Jr., William A. Morris
  • Patent number: 7481442
    Abstract: Mudguard support for self-propelled operating machinery mounted on wheels, comprising a first element (2) intended to be fixed on the hub (11) of a steered wheel of the machinery, and a second element (3) which is articulated to the preceding along a substantially vertical axis (4), and is set to support the mudguard of said wheel, where between said first (2) and second (3) elements a repositioning system is interposed adapted to constantly force the mentioned elements towards a neutral configuration wherein the mudguard is found in the normal covering position of the wheel, and where a counter means is foreseen adapted to hold said second element at the time of particularly sharp turns in the direction wherein the position plane of the wheel diverges from the axis of the machinery in the movement direction, a further counter means being foreseen adapted to hold said second element at the time of particularly sharp turns in the direction wherein the position plane of the wheel converges towards the axis of t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Lodi Luigi e Figli S.r.l.
    Inventors: Enzo Lodi, Elios Lodi, Luigi Lodi
  • Patent number: 7461853
    Abstract: A boat hull shield device comprising a bracket member attached to the tongue of a trailer. An adjustable shield-support assembly is fastened to the bracket member and extending upwardly therefrom. A pair of planar shield members is adjustably attached to the shield support assembly, with the shield members each positioned to one side of the bracket member in an open V configuration. A pair of linear brace members further stabilizes the shield members. Each brace member is secured at a first end to one shield member and at a second end to the upright support fastened to the tongue of the trailer. The planar shield members are rotationally adjustable relative to a horizontal axis, which is perpendicular to the trailer tongue and pivotally adjustable relative to a vertical axis, that is perpendicular to the trailer tongue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Inventor: Wayne A. Larson
  • Patent number: 6971663
    Abstract: A trailer hitch cover assembly for a motor vehicle includes a hitch insert having an aperture extending longitudinally therethrough to fit over a hitch tube of a trailer hitch on a motor vehicle, and a rotatable door covering the aperture. The trailer hitch cover assembly also includes a top cover plate mounted to the hitch insert and a front cover plate mounted to the hitch insert and having an aperture extending therethrough aligned with the hitch tube of the trailer hitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Blake Design Group, LLC.
    Inventor: Robert B. Blake
  • Patent number: 6749047
    Abstract: In a dust cover mounting structure of a hydraulic shock absorber (10), a spring seat (15) is formed in a non-annular outer shape, a standing-up rib (34) is provided in an outer edge thereof, and a mounting portion (51) of a dust cover (50) is formed in a non-annular outer shape profiling an inner periphery of the rib (34) of the spring seat (15) and is received in the inner periphery of the rib (34).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Showa Corporation Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hidehiko Koyano, Takeshi Murata, Jiro Segawa, Shuichi Kato, Keiichi Sunami, Toshiya Hasegawa, Shigenori Inaba
  • Patent number: 6361061
    Abstract: A boat protection system for protecting the body of a boat during transporting upon a conventional boat trailer. The boat protection system includes a front guard, a bottom guard attachable to the front guard, a first side guard attachable to the front guard, and a second side guard attachable to the front side guard. The front guard is comprised of a front portion, a front opening within the front portion for receiving a winch, and a pair of side portions. The front guard is attached to the front portion of the frame with conventional fasteners. The bottom guard is attached to a lower lip of the front guard. The front guard, bottom guard, and side guards protect the lower body of the boat carried upon the trailer from debris elevated by a motor vehicle pulling the trailer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Inventor: Rich A. Lea
  • Patent number: 6176506
    Abstract: A trailer hitch cover assembly for a motor vehicle includes a hitch insert having an aperture extending longitudinally therethrough to fit over a hitch tube of a trailer hitch on a motor vehicle, an anti-vibration mechanism positioned between the hitch insert and the hitch tube, a top cover plate mounted to the hitch insert and a front cover plate mounted to the hitch insert and having an aperture extending therethrough aligned with the hitch tube of the trailer hitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Inventor: Robert B. Blake
  • Patent number: 6135502
    Abstract: A replaceable mud flap system is provided including a rigid sleeve having a bottom face with a slot formed therein. The sleeve includes a hollow interior with a rectangular cross-section. An inboard end of the sleeve is perpendicularly coupled to a frame of a truck rearwardly of one of the tires thereof. An open outboard end allows communication with the hollow interior of the sleeve. An elastomeric flexible planar flap has a rigid guide coupled along a length thereof. The guide has a rectangular cross-section for being removably and slidably situated within the open outboard end of the sleeve such that the flap extends downwardly through the slot of the sleeve. An end cap is removably coupled to the outboard end of the sleeve for maintaining the flap within the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: Charles H. Clark
    Inventors: Blair J. Howe, Chris M. Clark
  • Patent number: 5934699
    Abstract: A trailer hitch cover assembly for a motor vehicle includes a hitch insert for connection to either a hitch tube of a trailer hitch or vehicle structure on a motor vehicle, a top cover plate mounted to the hitch insert and a front cover plate mounted to the hitch insert and having an aperture extending therethrough aligned with the hitch tube of the trailer hitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Inventor: Robert B. Blake
  • Patent number: 5174594
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to an improved horse drawn carriage providing several safety and performance features. A transverse shaft tip to shaft tip deflector is fittable over wooden shafts to prevent snagging objects such as trees and fence posts between horse and harness. Wheel deflectors, wheel guards, a low position passenger seat, and a removable rear platform assembly for standing passengers are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1992
    Assignee: Earl L. Marshall
    Inventors: Earl L. Marshall, Thomas O'Carroll