#B60D1/54

Adjustable tow hook assemblies and vehicles including same

A vehicle including a cross member and a tow hook assembly. The tow hook assembly is coupled to the cross member and includes a housing, a tow hook, and a shear pin. The housing includes an arcuate in…

DRIVE·6d ago·2 min read

B60D1/54 TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.

Retractable cable assembly for a hitch or tow bar

An auxiliary engagement system for a bar adapted to be engaged with a hitch receiver of a vehicle-mounted trailer hitch having an auxiliary engagement area includes a housing carried by the bar, and a…

DRIVE·Jun 9·2 min read

B60D1/54 Fabio Pedrini & Partners s.r.l.

Installation unit

The invention relates to an installation unit for a carrier element of a carrier unit that is arranged on a body of a motor vehicle, comprising a housing having a first housing portion that, on a firs…

DRIVE·Jun 2·1 min read

B60D1/54 ACPS Automotive GmbH

MOVABLE TOW HOOK ASSEMBLIES AND VEHICLES INCLUDING SAME

A vehicle includes a frame member and a tow hook assembly coupled to the frame member. The tow hook assembly includes a tow hook positionable between a first position and a second position, and a lock…

DRIVE·Mar 19·1 min read

B60D1/54 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.

MOVABLE TOW HOOK ASSEMBLIES AND VEHICLES INCLUDING SAME

DRIVE·Jul 17·1 min read

B60D1/54 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.

COLLAPSIBLE TOW HOOK WITH STOWING

Methods, systems, and apparatus for a tow hook assembly for a vehicle. The tow hook assembly includes a tow hook having a distal end and a proximal end opposite the distal end, a translating member co…

DRIVE·Sep 19·1 min read

B60D1/54 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.

Rotating Trailer Hitch Arm

The haul extension is the only product of its kind that offers users with an avant-garde hitch attachment that can be simply installed by inserting the device into a primary hitch to help individuals …

DRIVE·Aug 1·1 min read

B60D1/54 Kevin Croffoot

ADJUSTABLE TOW HOOK ASSEMBLIES AND VEHICLES INCLUDING SAME

DRIVE·Jul 11·2 min read

B60D1/54 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.

TRAILER COUPLING

In a trailer coupling, in order to detect the rest position and/or the operating position by means of an unambiguous signal, it is proposed that a detector unit is associated with the rest position lo…

DRIVE·Dec 14·1 min read

B60D1/54 ACPS Automotive GmbH

RETRACTABLE, SPACE-SAVING TRAILER TONGUE

The tongue is triangular and comprises four elements, the first three elements comprise the triangle previously discussed, and the fourth element is a rectangular center pole that bisects the triangle…

DRIVE·Dec 7·2 min read

B60D1/54 Shaddi Gohar

Trailer Coupling Assembly and Vehicle With Trailer Coupling Assembly

Trailer coupling assembly arranged to a support structure of a vehicle or support structure of a trailer, wherein the trailer coupling assembly comprises a tow bar or a connection head/trailer hitch, …

DRIVE·Apr 27·1 min read

B60D1/54 Smart Patents AS

TRAILER COUPLING

In order to improve a trailer coupling, comprising a ball neck, which is movable between a working position and a rest position and has a pivot bearing body arranged at a first end and a coupling ball…

DRIVE·Feb 16·2 min read

B60D1/54 ACPS Automotive GmbH

STOWABLE STACKED HITCH RECEIVER

A stowable stacked receiver has a fixed drawbar portion that allows affixation to a towing vehicle. Attached to the fixed drawbar portion is a movable stacked receiver that can pivot between a use and…

DRIVE·Dec 22·1 min read

B60D1/54 Gen-Y Creations, LLC

FOLDABLE BALL HITCH

A folding trailer hitch is provided. The hitch includes a pair of bracket sidewalls each having two parallel columns of indexing holes. A hitch plate is included having a ball mount portion and an ind…

DRIVE·Dec 1·1 min read

B60D1/54 Francis Bernart

MOTOR VEHICLE BODY WITH AN AIR-GUIDING DEVICE AND WITH A TRAILER COUPLING MOUNTING DEVICE

A motor vehicle body with an air-guiding device and with a trailer coupling mounting device. The air-guiding device is formed in a rear-end region of the motor vehicle body. The trailer coupling mount…

DRIVE·Nov 10·2 min read

B60D1/54 Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft

Break-Away Tow Hook

Disclosed embodiments include apparatuses, vehicles, and methods for a break- away tow hook. In an illustrative embodiment, an apparatus includes a tow hook configured to extend in a first direction f…

DRIVE·Oct 20·1 min read

B60D1/54 Rivian IP Holdings, LLC

A MOVING PART CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOOSENING A MECHANICAL PART

The disclosure relates to a moving part control system (100) for a vehicle configured to cause a movement of a mechanical part (20a,20b,20c) for loosening the mechanical part (20a,20b,20c) from a stuc…

DRIVE·Aug 17·1 min read

B60D1/54 NINGBO GEELY AUTOMOBILE RES & DEVELOPMENT CO LTD [CN]

TRAILER COUPLING ASSEMBLY FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE

A trailer coupling assembly for a motor vehicle according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a cross-beam extending in a transverse direction of the motor v…

DRIVE·May 26·1 min read

B60D1/54 Ford Global Technologies, LLC

MODULAR NON-ELECTRIC AND/OR ELECTRIC POWERED WHEELED CART CAPABLE OF ATTACHING TO A VEHICLE

In various implementations, a modular wheeled cart may provide users with flexibility in use and transport. The modular wheeled cart may include interchangeable top components that allow the cart to b…

DRIVE·Mar 3·1 min read

B60D1/54 Edwin Arthur MacDonald

TRAILER HITCH

In order, in the case of a trailer hitch, comprising a ball neck, which is movable between a working position and a rest position and has a pivot bearing body arranged at a first end and a coupling ba…

DRIVE·Oct 28·2 min read

B60D1/54 ACPS Automotive GmbH

TRAILER HITCH

In order to improve a trailer hitch, comprising a ball neck, which is movable between a working position and a rest position and has a pivot bearing body arranged at a first end and a coupling ball ar…

DRIVE·Oct 28·2 min read

B60D1/54 ACPS Automotive GmbH

LOCKING GOOSEBALLS

Provided are gooseballs with various integrated locking mechanisms. The gooseballs are capable of being utilized in gooseneck hitches and other hitch assemblies or coupling devices that use a hitch ba…

DRIVE·Sep 23·1 min read

B60D1/54 HORIZON GLOBAL AMERICAS INC.

TROLLEY FOR USE AS A BICYCLE TRAILER OR AS A HAND CART

The present invention relates to a cart () for use as a bicycle trailer () or as a handcart () with a frame () with a pair of wheels () and with a loading surface () and with a foldable drawbar () wit…

DRIVE·Jun 24·2 min read

B60D1/54 CHAL-TEC GMBH

INSTALLATION UNIT

In order to improve an installation unit for a carrier unit that is mounted on a body of a motor vehicle, comprising a housing having a first housing portion that is supported on one side of the carri…

DRIVE·May 13·2 min read

B60D1/54 ACPS Automotive GmbH

TRAILER HITCH

The invention relates to a trailer hitch, comprising a ball neck, which is movable between an operative position and a rest position and has a trailer ball, a pivot bearing unit, which is arranged fix…

DRIVE·May 6·2 min read

B60D1/54 ACPS Automotive GmbH

Trailer Hitch

A trailer hitch is disclosed as it may be implemented for a specialized motor vehicle (e.g., the SLINGSHOT™ by Polaris, Inc.). An example trailer hitch includes a receiver member for mounting to a swi…

DRIVE·Mar 11·1 min read

B60D1/54 Slingshot Hitch, LLC

HITCH ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE

A hitch assembly for a vehicle includes a cross-member structure disposed at a rear of the vehicle. The cross-member structure includes a bar extending from the first side frame to the second side fra…

DRIVE·Jan 28·2 min read

B60D1/54 James Douglas McManus

Trailer Device

In order to improve a trailer device for motor vehicles, comprising a crossmember, which is mountable on a vehicle body at the rear-end side thereof, a holding unit, which is provided on the crossmemb…

DRIVE·Oct 26·2 min read

B60D1/54 Scambia Holdings Cyprus Limited

Draw bar with a fixing device

A trailer coupling (10) with a coupling arm (20), wherein the coupling arm is mounted on a vehicle bracket (30) by means of a bearing arrangement (31) so as to be pivotable and/or displaceable between…

DRIVE·May 27·2 min read

B60D1/54 WESTFALIA AUTOMOTIVE GMBH [DE]

Control module

The invention relates to a control module for controlling a pivoting movement of a trailer hitch (16) of a motor vehicle, which is movable by means of a motor (15) fully automatically from a rest posi…

DRIVE·Apr 22·1 min read

B60D1/54 CONWYS AG [CH]

Trailer coupling

A trailer coupling for a motor vehicle (K), comprising a coupling arm (11), wherein the coupling arm (11) is pivotably mounted on a vehicle bracket (20) fastened to the motor vehicle (K) by means of a…

DRIVE·Nov 5·2 min read

B60D1/54 WESTFALIA AUTOMOTIVE GMBH [DE]

Trailer coupling

A tow hitch for a motor vehicle (K), with a coupling arm (11), wherein the coupling arm (11) is pivotally mounted on a vehicle bracket (20) attached to the motor vehicle (K) by means of a bearing arra…

DRIVE·Oct 29·2 min read

B60D1/54 WESTFALIA AUTOMOTIVE GMBH [DE]

Trailer coupling

A trailer coupling for a motor vehicle (K), having a coupling arm (11), wherein the latter is pivotally mounted on a vehicle mounting (20) attached to the motor vehicle (K) by means of a bearing arran…

DRIVE·Oct 29·2 min read

B60D1/54 WESTFALIA AUTOMOTIVE GMBH [DE]

Tow bar

A trailer coupling for a motor vehicle (K), with a coupling arm (11), wherein the coupling arm (11) is mounted on a vehicle mounting bracket (20) attached to the motor vehicle (K) by means of a bearin…

DRIVE·Oct 29·2 min read

B60D1/54 WESTFALIA AUTOMOTIVE GMBH [DE]

Trailer coupling

The invention relates to a coupling device for a motor vehicle (K), with a coupling arm (11), wherein the coupling arm (11) is mounted on a vehicle holder (20; 420; 220) by means of a bearing between …

DRIVE·Oct 22·2 min read

B60D1/54 WESTFALIA AUTOMOTIVE GMBH [DE]

Towing hook arrangement and a method for locking a towing hook arrangement

The present invention relates to a towing hook arrangement (10) for a vehicle (1) comprising a towing hook lock arrangement, and a method for locking a towing hook of a towing hook arrangement (10). T…

DRIVE·May 21·1 min read

B60D1/54 THULE TOWING SYSTEMS B V [NL]

Spherical swivel module

The ball swivel module has a joint ball that is pivotally mounted around housing. The housing with tilt shaft is pivoted for movement between an operating position and a rest position. An electric mot…

DRIVE·Mar 26·1 min read

B60D1/54 ZAHNRADFABRIK FRIEDRICHSHAFEN [DE]

Spherical swivel module

The module (2) has a recess (42) provided in a ball stud (11). The recess is axially displaceable to operate perpendicular to the locking pin (44). A movable unit (60) is adapted for locking and unloc…

DRIVE·Mar 26·1 min read

B60D1/54 ZAHNRADFABRIK FRIEDRICHSHAFEN [DE]

Unlocking system for a trailer coupling of a motor vehicle

The device has a locking bolt (7) located into a ball bar bearing head that is connected to a push rod. An actuator device is arranged between the push rod and a drive unit. The drive unit forms an el…

DRIVE·Dec 11·1 min read

B60D1/54 WESTFALIA AUTOMOTIVE GMBH [DE]

Pivotal trailer coupling

The swivel hitch has a single locking element that is used for mechanism. The single locking element is formed by a locking pin (4). The locking pin is moved an eccentric (5). The locking pin is provi…

DRIVE·Nov 20·1 min read

B60D1/54 SKODA AUTO AS [CZ]