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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2017
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ahteram Khan, Canton, MI (US);
Nicholas Braeseker, Novi, MI (US);
Jingmei Shen, Troy, MI (US);
Ying Zhao, Canton, MI (US);
Afif Sabbagh, Troy, MI (US);
Thomas A. Wagner, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle underbody includes a battery pack surrounded by an enclosure, and a bracket. The bracket has first and second flanges disposed in a parallel arrangement, and includes a plate having a wall configured to, in response to an impact, rupture at a trigger to allow the enclosure to move away from an impact direction and deform the first flange. The wall is disposed at angle relative to the flanges, and defined such that impact energy is absorbed by the wall and first flange. The first flange, during an impact, moves toward the second flange, which maintains attachment to the vehicle underbody to absorb energy.