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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2022
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Scott J. Bell, Northville, MI (US);
Vladimir Vladimirovich Bogachuk, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Shawn Michael Morgans, Chelsea, MI (US);
Robert Reiners, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 1/04 (2019.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 1/04 (2013.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01); B60K 2001/0438 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A structural assembly for a vehicle includes a vehicle frame distinct from a vehicle body. The vehicle frame includes opposed longitudinal rails. Each rail includes a single, monolithic body having a central internal brace and a pair of opposed ends. One end of the opposed ends is fixed to a first side of the central internal brace and the other end of the opposed ends is fixed to a second side of the central internal brace that is opposite the first side.