Patent ID: 11904646
Assignee: NEW WAVE GOOSENECK TRALLER COUPLERS, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 2:
3. A method of securing a piston rod to a trailer coupler comprising:
placing a bottom of a piston rod to trailer coupler bushing on top of the trailer coupler by circumscribing a dome of the trailer coupler;
welding the piston rod to trailer coupler bushing to the trailer coupler along each bottom outer wall of the bushing and the top of the trailer coupler;
flattening the dome of the trailer coupler;
welding inside the piston rod to trailer coupler bushing from the lowest inner cavity to just above the dome of the trailer coupler, wherein a fill weld is used to cover the dome of the trailer coupler;
machine flattening the fill weld inside the piston rod to trailer coupler bushing;
welding the piston rod with a machined flattened end to the flattened fill weld inside the piston rod to trailer coupler bushing, wherein the welded piston rod does not have any vertical or rotational movement.