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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Marwan Ahmad Elbkaily, Canton, MI (US);
Tushar B. Kamble, Farmington, MI (US);
Juyoung Lee, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Gargi Tandra, Canton, MI (US);
Daniel Joseph McCarthy, Northville, MI (US);
Jeremiah James Smith, Tupperville, CA;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An assembly includes a pair of frame rails, each of the frame rails elongated along a vehicle-longitudinal axis and having a front portion, a rear portion, and an elevated portion above and between the front portion and the rear portion. The assembly includes a cross-support fixed to at least one of the frame rails at the elevated portion and extending along a cross-vehicle axis from one of the frame rails toward the other of the frame rails. The assembly includes a bracket fixed to the frame rail at the elevated portion and fixed to the cross-support.