US 12,304,296 B2
Battery pack for electric vehicle
Mohammad Omar Faruque, Ann Arbor, MI (US); S. M. Iskander Farooq, Novi, MI (US); and Dean M. Jaradi, Macomb, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Sep. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/949,318.
Prior Publication US 2024/0092156 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B60L 50/64 (2019.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01)
CPC B60K 1/04 (2013.01) [B60L 50/64 (2019.02); H01M 50/249 (2021.01); B60K 2001/0405 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
18. An electric vehicle comprising:
a vehicle body structure including a pair of side frames; and
a vehicle battery pack comprising:
a battery housing configured to house power storage units; and
a pair of rocker structures secured to opposing sides of the battery housing and configured to mount the battery pack to the pair of side frames of the vehicle body structure, each rocker structure has a variable width along a length of the rocker structure and includes an unoccupied elongated cavity and mounting apertures, the mounting apertures located outboard of the elongated cavity,
wherein the battery housing includes a region that corresponds to a widest portion of each rocker structure, the unoccupied elongated cavity being located at the widest portion of each rocker structure.