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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2021
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ajay Kumar Gupta, Troy, MI (US);
Leonard Anthony Shaner, New Baltimore, MI (US);
Yu Liu, Canton, MI (US);
John Wesley Stanley, Belleville, MI (US);
Yu-Kan Hu, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Fungtai Charles Ko, Novi, MI (US);
Petros Frantzeskakis, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An electric-vehicle frame includes a mid-section and an end section. The mid-section has first and second frame rails spaced from each other by a first distance along a cross-vehicle axis defining a battery compartment therebetween. The end-section has first and second frame rails spaced from each other by a second distance along the cross-vehicle axis smaller than the first distance. A first connector is fixed to the first frame rail of the mid-section and to the first frame rail of the end-section. A second connector is fixed to the second frame rail of the mid-section and to the second frame rail of the end-section.