Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Benjamin Mansfield

Marwan Ahmad Elbkaily

Muhsin M Hamdoon

Greg Gombert

Yalla Mussa Abushawashi

Tushar Kamble

Gururaj Aralikatti

A vehicle frame includes a first frame rail and a second frame rail elongated along a vehicle-longitudinal axis and spaced from each other along a cross-vehicle axis. The vehicle frame includes a cross-beam elongated along the cross-vehicle axis between the first frame rail and the second frame rail. The cross-beam includes a first groove and a second groove both proximate the first frame rail and spaced from each other along the cross-vehicle axis.

Vehicle frame

A vehicle frame includes two frame rails fixed relative to each other and each having a tubular shape defining an exterior surface and an interior surface, a crush-initiating notch on each exterior surface, and a reinforcement extending along each interior surface and positioned in a vehicle-rearward direction from the notches.

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