Tow-hook assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10179489-B2
Application number	US-201715431448-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 13, 2017
Priority date	Feb 13, 2017
Publication date	Jan 15, 2019
Grant date	Jan 15, 2019

Abstract

A tow-hook assembly may include a vehicle frame and a bumper arranged thereon, and a tow-hook assembly configured to attach to the vehicle bumper and provide a tow-hook. The assembly may include a bracket defining an opening configured to receive the tow-hook, and a brace attached to a backside of the bracket and including a projection extending through the opening to the opposite side of the bracket.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A tow-hook assembly for a vehicle, comprising:
a bracket defining an opening configured to receive a hook; and
a brace attached to at each side of the opening on a backside of the bracket via at least one attachment mechanism and including a projection extending through the opening to an opposite side of the bracket, the brace including a support extending from the projection and configured to attach to a portion of the hook to recess the hook within the bracket.

2. The assembly of claim 1 , the projection forming a semi-circular shape within the opening of the bracket.

3. The assembly of claim 1 , the support extending perpendicularly inward from the backside of the bracket to recess the hook within the bracket.

4. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the brace is welded to the bracket.

5. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein a distal end of the hook is attached to the support via at least one bolt.

6. A tow-hook assembly, comprising:
a vehicle frame and a bumper arranged thereon; and
a tow-hook assembly configured to attach to the vehicle bumper and provide a tow-hook, the assembly including a bracket defining an opening configured to receive the tow-hook; and
a brace attached to a backside of the bracket and including a projection extending through the opening to the opposite side of the bracket.

7. The assembly of claim 6 , the brace including a support extending from the projection and configured to attach to a portion of the hook to recess the hook within the bracket.

8. The assembly of claim 7 , the projection forming a semi-circular shape within the opening of the bracket.

9. The assembly of claim 7 , the support extending perpendicularly inward from the backside of the bracket to recess the hook within the bracket.

10. The assembly of claim 7 , the brace being attached at each side of the opening on the backside of the bracket via at least one attachment mechanism.

11. The assembly of claim 10 , wherein the brace is welded to the bracket.

12. The assembly of claim 11 , wherein a distal end of the hook is attached to the support via at least one bolt.

13. A tow-hook assembly for a vehicle, comprising:
a bracket defining an opening configured to receive a hook; and
a brace attached to a backside of the bracket and including a projection extending through the opening to an opposite side of the bracket, the brace including a support extending from the projection and configured to attach to a portion of the hook to recess the hook within the bracket, wherein a distal end of the hook is attached to the support via at least one bolt.

14. The assembly of claim 13 , the projection forming a semi-circular shape within the opening of the bracket.

15. The assembly of claim 13 , the support extending perpendicularly inward from the backside of the bracket to recess the hook within the bracket.

16. The assembly of claim 13 , the brace being attached at each side of the opening on the backside of the bracket via at least one attachment mechanism.

17. The assembly of claim 16 , wherein the brace is welded to the bracket.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Farooq S M Iskander
• Sundararajan Srinivasan
• Muralidharan Nirmal
• Elbkaily Marwan Ahmad

Classifications

• B60R21/34

  Protecting non-occupants of a vehicle, e.g. pedestrians {(B60R19/02 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B60D1/565 Primary

  having an eyelet · CPC title

• B60R2021/0051

  Knees · CPC title

• B60R2021/0053

  Legs · CPC title

• B60R19/48

  combined with, or convertible into, other devices or objects, e.g. bumpers combined with road brushes, bumpers convertible into beds · CPC title