US 11,850,931 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 Mar. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/204,610.
Prior Publication US 2022/0297521 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B62D 25/20 (2006.01); B62D 21/06 (2006.01); B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B62D 21/02 (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)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a vehicle subframe including a first rail and a first rocker on a first side of the vehicle subframe, and a second rail and a second rocker on a second side of the vehicle subframe, the first side opposite the second side;
a first diagonal member coupled between the first rail and the second side of the vehicle subframe, the first diagonal member to transfer a first longitudinal load from the first rail to the second side; and
a second diagonal member coupled between the second rail and the first side of the vehicle subframe, the second diagonal member to transfer a second longitudinal load from the second rail to the first side, the first diagonal member coupled to the first rail at a first elbow, the second diagonal member coupled to the second rail at a second elbow.