US 11,833,895 B2
Electric vehicle platform
Daniel George McCarron, Torrance, CA (US); Alexi Charbonneau, Redondo Beach, CA (US); William J. Rohr, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US); Charles Garmel, Torrance, CA (US); Felix Haeusler, Torrance, CA (US); Nathaniel Risler Rosso, Torrance, CA (US); John Mason, Torrance, CA (US); Mayurkumar Ashokbhal Agrawal, Torrance, CA (US); Phillip John Weicker, Los Angeles, CA (US); Sohel Merchant, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US); Naesung Lyu, Torrance, CA (US); Chung Shen Ang, Torrance, CA (US); and Jeffrey Walsh, Torrance, CA (US)
Assigned to Canoo Technologies Inc., Torrance, CA (US)
Filed by Canoo Technologies Inc., Torrance, CA (US)
Filed on May 20, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/879,235.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/903,709, filed on Sep. 20, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/897,970, filed on Sep. 9, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/869,823, filed on Jul. 2, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/850,437, filed on May 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0369140 A1, Nov. 26, 2020
Int. Cl. B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B62D 21/11 (2006.01); B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B60G 11/08 (2006.01); B60K 17/06 (2006.01); B62D 24/00 (2006.01); B60K 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 1/04 (2013.01) [B60G 11/08 (2013.01); B60K 17/06 (2013.01); B62D 21/11 (2013.01); B62D 21/152 (2013.01); B62D 24/00 (2013.01); B60G 2202/114 (2013.01); B60K 2001/005 (2013.01); B60K 2001/008 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0438 (2013.01)] 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A self-contained vehicle platform comprising:
a plurality of interconnected structural components, each of the interconnected structural components comprising a body with a top element, a bottom element, and side elements, wherein the interconnected structural components when interconnected form a generally flat planar frame structure having a front portion, a rear portion, and a center portion, and wherein the frame structure further comprises a top portion and a bottom portion corresponding to the top elements and the bottom elements, respectively;
a propulsion system comprising a drive motor disposed in at least one of the front and rear portions of the frame structure, the drive motor connected to at least one of the interconnected structural components and to a transmission system that is connected to at least one set of drive wheels;
a plurality of suspension systems disposed within the front and rear portions of the frame structure, each of the suspension systems having a set of control arm assemblies, each of the control arm assemblies having proximal and distal ends where the proximal end is connected to the frame structure and the distal end is connected to a wheel in the at least one set of drive wheels; and
an energy storage system disposed within the center portion of the frame structure and comprising a plurality of independent battery modules electronically connected to an inverter system that is electronically connected to the propulsion system;
wherein the propulsion system, the suspension systems, and the energy storage system are disposed within boundaries of the frame structure of the vehicle platform such that the propulsion system, the suspension systems, and the energy storage system do not extend above the drive wheels;
wherein the interconnected structural components comprise left and right rear frame rails, each rear frame rail having (i) a flange extending from a lower portion of the rear frame rail and (ii) an undulation, multiple reinforcement bulkheads positioned along the left and right rear frame rails, the reinforcement bulkheads located above the flanges of the rear frame rails within the undulations and located above the flanges of the rear frame rails outside of the undulations, wherein at least some of the reinforcement bulkheads have cross-sections that fluctuate in width from a first end to a second end of the reinforcement bulkhead; and
wherein the interconnected structural components further comprise (i) upper front frame rails connected by a front cross member and (ii) lower load path components disposed below and spaced apart from the upper front frame rails, the lower load path components comprising left and right lower deflectors connected to a lower front crossbeam, the left and right lower deflectors extending rearward and outward at an angle from the front portion of the frame structure.