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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2018
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Charles Meyers, Westland, MI (US);
Mark E. Krugman, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Niel August Lewis, Warwick, NY (US);
Charles Westberg, Livonia, MI (US);
Bradley Arnold Lammers, Canton, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
This disclosure relates to an electrified vehicle with an auxiliary battery rack, which has a collapsible frame, and a corresponding method. In particular, the auxiliary battery rack is located at least partially within a storage compartment of the electrified vehicle. The auxiliary battery rack includes a frame configurable in a support position and a collapsed position in which the frame occupies less volume in the storage compartment than when in the support position.