US 11,952,039 B2
Vehicle frame for electric vehicle
Ajay Kumar Gupta, Troy, MI (US); Leonard Anthony Shaner, New Baltimore, MI (US); Yu Liu, Canton, MI (US); John Wesley Stanley, Belleville, MI (US); Yu-Kan Hu, Ypsilanti, MI (US); Fungtai Charles Ko, Novi, MI (US); and Petros Frantzeskakis, Canton, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Aug. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/364,839.
Application 18/364,839 is a continuation of application No. 17/194,368, filed on Mar. 8, 2021, granted, now 11,794,812.
Prior Publication US 2023/0373564 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B62D 21/07 (2006.01); B62D 27/02 (2006.01); B62D 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 21/07 (2013.01) [B60K 1/04 (2013.01); B62D 27/02 (2013.01); B62D 29/007 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric-vehicle frame comprising:
a mid-section having first and second frame rails spaced from each other by a first distance along a cross-vehicle axis defining a battery compartment therebetween;
an end-section having 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 fixed to the first frame rail of the mid-section and to the first frame rail of the end-section;
a second connector fixed to the second frame rail of the mid-section and to the second frame rail of the end-section; and
a cross-beam between the first connector and the second connector;
the cross-beam being aligned with the first connector and the second connector along a vehicle-longitudinal axis, the vehicle-longitudinal axis being perpendicular to the cross-vehicle axis.