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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2023
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Saied Nusier, Canton, MI (US);
Ridha Baccouche, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Saeed David Barbat, Novi, MI (US);
Leonard Anthony Shaner, New Baltimore, MI (US);
Srinivasan Sundararajan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Rahul Arora, Birmingham, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Vehicle frames for battery powered electric vehicles are disclosed. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a vehicle subframe including a first rail and a first rocker on a first side of the vehicle subframe, and a second rail and a second rocker on a second side of the vehicle subframe, the first side opposite the second side, a first diagonal member coupled between the first rail and the second side of the vehicle subframe, the first diagonal member to transfer a first longitudinal load from the first rail to the second side, and a second diagonal member coupled between the second rail and the first side of the vehicle subframe, the second diagonal member to transfer a second longitudinal load from the second rail to the first side.