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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2020
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ari Garo Caliskan, Canton, MI (US);
Kevin Mackenzie, Canton, MI (US);
Kyle Gary Mattinson, Saline, MI (US);
Jude Berthault, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Integrated frame and battery pack structure for electric vehicles are disclosed. An example electric vehicle includes a frame of the electric vehicle to which a body of the electric vehicle is coupled, the frame including longitudinal frame rails, a mid-section of the frame not including frame cross-members. The example electric vehicle includes a battery pack mounted in the mid-section of the frame, the battery pack including battery pack cross-members, each of the battery pack cross-members connected to a top surface of the longitudinal frame rails and a bottom surface of the longitudinal frame rails.