US 12,275,299 B2
Vehicle frames for battery powered electric vehicles
Saied Nusier, Canton, MI (US); Ridha Baccouche, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Saeed David Barbat, Novi, MI (US); Leonard Anthony Shaner, New Baltimore, MI (US); Srinivasan Sundararajan, Ann Arbor, MI (US); and Rahul Arora, Birmingham, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Nov. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/508,948.
Application 18/508,948 is a continuation of application No. 17/204,610, filed on Mar. 17, 2021, granted, now 11,850,931.
Prior Publication US 2024/0083235 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B62D 21/02 (2006.01); B62D 21/06 (2006.01); B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B62D 25/20 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 1/04 (2013.01) [B62D 21/02 (2013.01); B62D 21/06 (2013.01); B62D 21/155 (2013.01); B62D 25/2018 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0411 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a vehicle frame of a vehicle, the vehicle frame including a first end on a first side of the vehicle frame and a second end on a second side of the vehicle frame, the first side opposite the second side, the first and second ends proximate a front of the vehicle; and
a front horn brace coupled between the first and second ends, a cross-section of the front horn brace including a first rounded section and a second rounded section, a first width of the first rounded section different from a second width of the second rounded section.