Thill Or Tongue Attached Patents (Class 280/155)
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Patent number: 8348291Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 9, 2011Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Myron P. Sedman, David M. Caldwell, Ferdous M. Ghazi, James Logan, Jr., William A. Morris
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Patent number: 7481442Abstract: 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 tType: GrantFiled: May 26, 2006Date of Patent: January 27, 2009Assignee: Lodi Luigi e Figli S.r.l.Inventors: Enzo Lodi, Elios Lodi, Luigi Lodi
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Patent number: 7461853Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 15, 2006Date of Patent: December 9, 2008Inventor: Wayne A. Larson
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Patent number: 6971663Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 27, 2004Date of Patent: December 6, 2005Assignee: Blake Design Group, LLC.Inventor: Robert B. Blake
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Patent number: 6749047Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 18, 2002Date of Patent: June 15, 2004Assignee: Showa Corporation Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hidehiko Koyano, Takeshi Murata, Jiro Segawa, Shuichi Kato, Keiichi Sunami, Toshiya Hasegawa, Shigenori Inaba
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Patent number: 6361061Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 16, 2000Date of Patent: March 26, 2002Inventor: Rich A. Lea
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Patent number: 6176506Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 30, 1998Date of Patent: January 23, 2001Inventor: Robert B. Blake
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Patent number: 6135502Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 28, 1998Date of Patent: October 24, 2000Assignee: Charles H. ClarkInventors: Blair J. Howe, Chris M. Clark
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Patent number: 5934699Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 11, 1997Date of Patent: August 10, 1999Inventor: Robert B. Blake
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Patent number: 5174594Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 24, 1990Date of Patent: December 29, 1992Assignee: Earl L. MarshallInventors: Earl L. Marshall, Thomas O'Carroll