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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2022
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ari Garo Caliskan, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A structural assembly for an electric vehicle includes a battery structure, a pair of mounting structures, lower fasteners and upper fasteners. The battery structure is configured to house power storage units. Each mounting structure is secured to a respective side of the battery structure. Each lower fastener extends through a lower portion of a respective mounting structure and a bottom portion of a respective rocker of the vehicle body. Each upper fastener extends through an upper portion of the respective rocker and a top portion of the respective mounting structure. The upper fasteners secure the battery pack and the vehicle body at an upper attachment point and the lower fasteners secure the battery pack and the vehicle body at a lower attachment point. The lower attachment point is vertically offset from the upper attachment point.