Canoo Technologies Inc.

Daniel George McCarron

Alexi Charbonneau

Naesung Lyu

William J Rohr

Phillip John Weicker

Charles Garmel

Chung Shen Ang

Felix Haeusler

Jeffrey Walsh

John Mason

Nathaniel Risler Rosso

Sohel Merchant

Yufeng Long

Mayurkumar Ashokbhal Agrawal

Mahesh Chinchani

Morteza Kiani

Mayurkumar Ashokbhai Agrawal

Salman Khan

Aniruddha Ranade

David Tarlau

Deborah Bourke

Brian W Austin

A vehicle platform with a variety of impact safety features including front and rear impact features as well as side impact features designed to protect the passenger compartment as well as the battery compartment and vehicle chassis components. Some features may include crumple zone components, deflectors and modular energy absorption units.

Impact features

Vehicle platforms, and systems, subsystems, and components thereof are described. A self-contained vehicle platform or chassis incorporating substantially all of the functional systems, subsystems and components (e.g., mechanical, electrical, structural, etc.) necessary for an operative vehicle. Functional components may include at least energy storage/conversion, propulsion, suspension and wheels, steering, crash protection, and braking systems. Functional components are standardized such that vehicle platforms may be interconnected with a variety of vehicle body designs (also referred to in the art as 'top hats') with minimal or no modification to the functional linkages (e.g., mechanical, structural, electrical, etc.) therebetween. Configurations of functional components are incorporated within the vehicle platform such that there is minimal or no physical overlap between the functional components and the area defined by the vehicle body. Specific functional components of such vehicle platforms, and the relative placement of the various functional components, to allow for implementation of a self-contained vehicle platform are also provided.

Electric vehicle platform

A suspension system configured to sit substantially within the profile of a vehicle platform such that none of the elements extend substantially above the plane of the vehicle platform. The suspension system may utilize an adaptable transverse leaf spring in combination with other suspension elements, to allow the vehicle platform to maintain a generally flat profile and accommodate a variety of different body like structures while maintaining the desired roll and ride stability stiffness.

Suspension system

A battery enclosure for use in an electric vehicle where the structural support members of the battery enclosure are multi-functional and act to provide support for internally positioned batteries as well as provide additional strength to the framework of the electric vehicle. Furthermore, the structural elements can provide impact resistance to prevent unwanted intrusion into the battery enclosure.

Electric vehicle battery enclosure

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Torrance, CA, United States of America

Daniel George McCarron