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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2017
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Corey John Jarocki, Harrison Township, MI (US);
Randall Ray Roth, Brighton, MI (US);
Steven William Gallagher, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Jon A. Wilcox, Livonia, MI (US);
Hassen Hammoud, Dearborn, MI (US);
Stephen Thomas Kozak, Northville, MI (US);
Shawn Michael Morgans, Chelsea, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle underbody including a rear underbody structure, a rear differential, a sub-frame, and a traction battery is provided. The rear differential is mounted to the rear underbody structure. The sub-frame is mounted to the rear underbody structure rearward of the rear differential. The traction battery is mounted between the rear underbody structure and the sub-frame. A base portion of the traction battery defines a base portion plane that does not extend through the rear differential. The sub-frame may include at least two reinforcement members each having a ramp-shaped end extending toward the rear differential. The sub-frame may include a rear lateral member and a trailer hitch mount extending rearwardly therefrom. One of the reinforcement members and the trailer hitch mount may be aligned in parallel with a central longitudinal axis defined by the rear underbody structure.