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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2025
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 includes a vehicle frame including a first rail and a first rocker on a first side of the vehicle frame, and a second rail and a second rocker on a second side of the vehicle frame, the second side opposite the first side, a first backup rail coupled between the first rail and the first rocker, a second backup rail coupled between the second rail and the second rocker, a first brace extending between the first side and the second side, the first brace coupled to the first backup rail and at least one of the second backup rail or the second rocker, and a second brace extending between the first side and the second side, the second brace coupled to the second backup rail and at least one of the first backup rail or the first rocker.