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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2022
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Dean M. Jaradi, Macomb, MI (US);
Mohammad Omar Faruque, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
S. M. Iskander Farooq, Novi, MI (US);
Saeed D. Barbat, Novi, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 15/07 (2006.01); B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B62D 21/02 (2006.01); B62D 43/10 (2006.01); B60K 15/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 15/07 (2013.01); B60K 1/04 (2013.01); B62D 21/02 (2013.01); B62D 43/10 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03407 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a first rail and a second rail elongated along a vehicle-longitudinal axis and spaced from each other along a vehicle-lateral axis. The vehicle includes an energy storage device between the first rail and the second rail. The vehicle includes a support structure between the first rail and the second rail. The vehicle includes a cable under tension and extending from the first rail to the second rail, the cable between the energy storage device and the support structure.