US 11,884,327 B2
Vibration dampening vehicle subframe
Suriyaprakash Ayyangar Janarthanam, Canton, MI (US); Do Young Chung, Windsor (CA); Jason C. Marcath, Dearborn, MI (US); Suma Rani Das, Garden City, MI (US); and Afif Sabbagh, Troy, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on May 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/316,785.
Prior Publication US 2022/0363317 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. B62D 21/03 (2006.01); B62D 21/17 (2006.01); B60L 53/20 (2019.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B62D 25/02 (2006.01); B62D 3/12 (2006.01); B60K 6/28 (2007.10)
CPC B62D 21/17 (2013.01) [B60L 50/60 (2019.02); B60L 53/20 (2019.02); B62D 3/12 (2013.01); B62D 21/03 (2013.01); B62D 25/025 (2013.01); B60K 6/28 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/91 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle comprising:
a first frame rail and a second frame rail spaced from each other in a cross-vehicle direction and each elongated in a vehicle-longitudinal direction;
a cross-brace directly connected to the first frame rail and the second frame rail;
a powertrain-electrification component supported by the cross-brace;
a vehicle subframe directly connected to the cross-brace; and
a vehicle-steering gear connected to the vehicle subframe.