Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Jeffrey Ronald Bohmer

Hari Krishna Addanki

Kevin A Montgomery

Erik Billimoria

Alexander Arena

Eid Farha

Jesus Cardoso

Jeffrey A Walesch

Mikolaj Tyksinski

Marcela Arana

Sukhwinder Singh Dhindsa

Henry W Hausler

Ajay Kumar Gupta

Eric Layton Stratten

John Wesley Stanley

Sino Johan Van Dyk

Shane Edward Foley

Scott J Bell

Tim Alan Mouch

Andrew Charles Samyn

Carl Montgomery

Phil Lenius

William Edward Draper, Iii

Jay Curtiss Griffith

Yulie Liu

This disclosure details systems and methods for supporting and isolating vehicle body mounted battery packs from various vehicle loads. An exemplary electrified vehicle may include a frame, a battery support structure mounted to the frame, a battery pack, and one or more isolators. The battery pack is supported by the battery support structure but is not mechanically coupled to the frame. The isolator is mounted between the battery pack and the battery pack support structure for isolating the battery pack from loads that may be imparted on the frame and/or the battery support structure.

High voltage battery pack support and isolation for electrified vehicles

An electrified vehicle assembly includes a frame that has a passenger side rail and a driver side rail. The assembly further includes a battery support plate and a battery pack. The battery support plate is secured to the passenger side rail and the driver side rail. The battery pack has a plurality of cross-members. To secure the battery pack to the battery support plate, mechanical fasteners each extend through an aperture in the battery support plate to engage one of the cross-members.

Support structures for vehicle underbody mounted battery packs

A battery pack support assembly includes a plurality of isolators disposed between an outer support frame of a battery pack and longitudinal rails of a vehicle frame. Each isolator includes a housing, an elastic body and a fastener. The housing defines a central opening and opposed flanges. The opposed flanges are secured to a respective longitudinal rail. The elastic body is disposed within the central opening of the housing. The fastener extends laterally through the central opening of the housing and secures the elastic body to the outer support frame of the battery pack.

Battery pack support assembly for electric vehicle

This disclosure relates to an electrified vehicle with a vibration isolator within a frame of the vehicle and a corresponding method. An electrified vehicle according to this disclosure includes a frame with a rail, a vibration isolator within the rail, and a battery pack connected to the rail by way of the vibration isolator. Among other benefits, mounting the vibration isolator within the rail increases the amount of available packaging space.

Electrified vehicle with vibration isolator within frame and corresponding method

A method is provided for lowering a tailgate of a motor vehicle when that motor vehicle is hitched to a trailer having a component that interferes with the lowering of the tailgate. The method comprises the steps of displacing a section of the tailgate to form a clearance opening in the tailgate, folding the tailgate into a lowered position and accommodating the component of the trailer in the clearance opening when the tailgate is folded and lowered. Various tailgate assemblies for performing the method are also disclosed.

Tailgate assembly and method for accessing a cargo box of a pickup truck hitched to a trailer

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Monroe, MI, United States of America

Jeffrey Ronald Bohmer