Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Pratyaksh Kamath

Patrick Daniel Maguire

Sean Timothy Ryan

John Michael McGuckin

Masahiro Kimoto

Herbert Yang

Bradley Arnold Lammers

Praveenmanickam Renganathan

Leann Marie Vernon

Doug G Hughes

Carlos Ayala

Darin Joseph Bremmer

A motor vehicle according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a frame including a rail and an electrical distribution system routed at least partially through the rail. A method is also disclosed.

Vehicle with electrical distribution system routed through frame

A floor pan assembly is disclosed that includes a side sill extending in a longitudinal direction that has a lower portion and a top surface. The floor pan may include a weld flange having a height Hthat is welded to the lower portion along a full length of the floor pan and an extended weld flange having a height Hthat is higher than Hand welded to the top surface of the side sill along a limited length of the floor pan. The floor pan may also include a corrugated area integrally provided in the floor pan that includes a plurality of furrows and ridges that extend obliquely relative to the longitudinal direction.

Vehicle floor pan

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Canton, MI, United States of America

Pratyaksh Kamath