US Patent Issued to SAF-Holland on Sept. 1 for "Fifth wheel hitch plate surfaces with patterned grease reliefs" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,722, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to SAF-Holland Inc. (Muskegon, Mich.).

"Fifth wheel hitch plate surfaces with patterned grease reliefs" was invented by Justin D. Keatley (Zeeland, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fifth wheel hitch plate arrangement includes a mounting portion configured to be coupled to a vehicle frame, a kingpin throat configured to receive a kingpin of a towed vehicle therein, and a body portion supported by the mounting portion, the body portion including an upper surface configured to abut a mating surface of the towed vehicle, a bottom surface opposite the upper surface, and a plurality of reliefs ext...