Vehicle frame for electric vehicle

US11794812B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Ajay Gupta · Savanuru, IN
• Leonard Anthony Shaner · New Baltimore, US
• Yu-Ning Liu · Canton, US
• John Wesley Stanley · Belleville, US
• Yu-Kan Hu · Ypsilanti, US
• Fungtai Charles Ko · Novi, US
• Petros Frantzeskakis · Canton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 8, 2021
• Grant date: Oct 24, 2023
• Expiry date: Nov 5, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60Y2306/01
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An electric-vehicle frame includes a mid-section and an end section. The mid-section has first and second frame rails spaced from each other by a first distance along a cross-vehicle axis defining a battery compartment therebetween. The end-section has first and second frame rails spaced from each other by a second distance along the cross-vehicle axis smaller than the first distance. A first connector is fixed to the first frame rail of the mid-section and to the first frame rail of the end-section. A second connector is fixed to the second frame rail of the mid-section and to the second frame rail of the end-section.