US 12,139,198 B2
Vehicle chassis platform
Ahishay Sardes, Tel Aviv (IL); Eran Starik, Tel Aviv-Jaffa (IL); Ran Dekel, Nofit (IL); Tomer Segev, Tel-Aviv (IL); Amit Aknin, Karkom (IL); Eylon Avigur, Ramat-Gan (IL); and Amos Boaz, Moshav Shoresh (IL)
Assigned to REE AUTOMOTIVE LTD, Glil-Yam (IL)
Appl. No. 18/012,497
Filed by REE AUTOMOTIVE LTD, Glil-Yam (IL)
PCT Filed Jul. 29, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IL2021/050924
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 22, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/024134, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 3, 2022.
Application 18/012,497 is a continuation of application No. 16/943,692, filed on Jul. 30, 2020, granted, now 10,919,575, issued on Feb. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0271648 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 21/03 (2006.01); B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B62D 25/08 (2006.01); B62D 27/02 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 21/03 (2013.01) [B60K 1/04 (2013.01); B62D 25/08 (2013.01); B62D 27/02 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0405 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle chassis platform, comprising:
a frame having a front frame end, a rear frame end, a longitudinal frame axis, an upper frame surface, a bottom frame surface, and opposing lateral frame surfaces disposed on opposing sides of the longitudinal axis, wherein the upper frame surface is substantially flat; and
at least one of: a pair of opposing drivetrain units, a pair of opposing steering units, and a pair of opposing braking units, coupled to the opposing lateral frame surfaces;
wherein none of the components of the at least one of: the pair of opposing drivetrain units, the pair of opposing steering units, and the pair of opposing braking units is positioned in at least one of:
(i) an area beneath the bottom frame surface and between the opposing lateral frame surfaces, and
(ii) an area above the upper frame surface and between the opposing lateral frame surfaces; and
wherein the substantially flat upper frame surface extends between the at least one of: the pair of opposing drivetrain units, the pair of opposing steering units, and the pair of opposing braking units.