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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2020
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Edgar Butron Luz, Lerma de Villada, MX;
Vinaya Rachala, Canton, MI (US);
Conor Hennessey, Dearborn, MI (US);
Bhimaraddi Venkaraddi Alavandi, Canton, MI (US);
Vladimir Vladimirovich Bogachuk, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Harsha Kusnoorkar, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle load management system includes, among other things, a traction battery mounted to an underbody structure of a vehicle, a rear subframe of the vehicle and a bushing sleeve of the rear subframe. The bushing sleeve has a convex outer surface. The system further includes a rear rail of the vehicle and a blocker that is disposed along a longitudinal axis of the vehicle between the bushing sleeve and at least a portion of the traction battery. The blocker has a concave surface adjacent the convex outer surface of the bushing sleeve.