Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Sahil Nagpal

Steven Michael Cyr

Robert Howard Saunders

Wayne Haider

Catherine Bansek

Luke Allen Pontz

Jeffery Gilchrist

This disclosure details electrified vehicle drive systems equipped with electric machine integrated axle assemblies. An exemplary electrified vehicle drive system includes a leaf spring assembly and an axle assembly mounted to the leaf spring assembly. The axle assembly may include a cradle and an electric machine mounted within the cradle. Shocks and stabilizer bar assemblies may extend between the cradle and a vehicle frame of the electrified vehicle.

Electric machine integrated axle assemblies for electrified vehicles

A protective cage assembly includes a frame, a bracket assembly mounted to a first tubular member of the frame, a gusset of the bracket assembly extending between the bracket assembly and a second tubular member of the frame, and a third tubular member of the frame removably received by the bracket assembly. The protective cage assembly may be mounted within a cargo space of an electrified vehicle for both protecting the battery pack and establishing a load bearing floor of the cargo space.

Protective cage assemblies for electrified vehicle battery packs

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Dearborn Heights, MI, United States of America

Sahil Nagpal