US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Sept. 30 for "Methods and apparatus for a hitch including multiple pins coupled to an outboard frame" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,816, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Methods and apparatus for a hitch including multiple pins coupled to an outboard frame" was invented by Bryce Reinert (Frankenmuth, Mich.), Kevin Giaier (Sylvan Lake, Mich.), Andrew Niedert (New Hudson, Mich.) and Carl Montgomery (Madison Heights, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus for a hitch including multiple pins coupled to an outboard frame are disclosed. An apparatus comprising a hitch including a first pin oriented in a first direction and a second pin oriented in a second direction different than the first direct...