US 11,745,573 B2
Integrated frame and battery pack structure for electric vehicles
Ari Garo Caliskan, Canton, MI (US); Kevin Mackenzie, Canton, MI (US); Kyle Gary Mattinson, Saline, MI (US); and Jude Berthault, Ann Arbor, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Oct. 22, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/77,765.
Prior Publication US 2022/0126664 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. B62D 21/03 (2006.01); B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B62D 27/06 (2006.01); B62D 25/20 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 1/04 (2013.01) [B62D 21/03 (2013.01); B62D 25/2036 (2013.01); B62D 27/065 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0438 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric vehicle comprising:
a frame of the electric vehicle to which a body of the electric vehicle is coupled, the frame including longitudinal frame rails, a mid-section of the frame not including frame cross-members; and
battery pack internals mounted in the mid-section of the frame, the battery pack internals including battery pack cross-members, each of the battery pack cross-members connected to the longitudinal frame rails; and
a battery pack structure housing the battery pack internals, the battery pack structure including first flanges coupled to at least one of a top surface of the longitudinal frame rails or a bottom surface of the longitudinal frame rails.