US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on July 29 for "Drawbar detection device for a vehicle having a hitch receiver" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,845, issued on July 29, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Drawbar detection device for a vehicle having a hitch receiver" was invented by Robert Emam Vrahoretis (White Lake Township, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drawbar detection device configured to be mounted to a hitch receiver having a drawbar opening and a locking pin opening device includes a blocking member pivotally connected relative to the hitch receiver. The blocking member includes a blocking element that, in a first position, covers one of the draw bar opening and the locking pin opening and, in a second position uncovers the one o...