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US 10,864,944 B2Granted
Vehicle frame
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsYalla Mussa Abushawashi, Marwan Ahmad Elbkaily, Muhsin M. Hamdoon, Benjamin Mansfield
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Abstract
A vehicle frame includes a first frame rail and a second frame rail elongated along a vehicle-longitudinal axis and spaced from each other along a cross-vehicle axis. The vehicle frame includes a cross-beam elongated along the cross-vehicle axis between the first frame rail and the second frame rail. The cross-beam includes a first groove and a second groove both proximate the first frame rail and spaced from each other along the cross-vehicle axis.
Claims18
A vehicle frame comprising:
- a first frame rail and a second frame rail elongated along a vehicle-longitudinal axis and spaced from each other along a cross-vehicle axis;
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- a cross-beam elongated along the cross-vehicle axis between the first frame rail and the second frame rail, the cross-beam including a first groove and a second groove both proximate the first frame rail and spaced from each other along the cross-vehicle axis, the first groove elongated along the vehicle-longitudinal axis and the second groove elongated along a vehicle-vertical axis.
A vehicle, comprising:
- a first frame rail and a second frame rail elongated along a vehicle-longitudinal axis and spaced from each other along a cross-vehicle axis;
- a shock tower bracket fixed relative to the first frame rail;
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- a cross-beam extending from the first frame rail to the second frame rail at a vehicle-rearward position relative to the shock tower bracket, the cross-beam including a first groove and a second groove both proximate the first frame rail and spaced from each other along the cross-vehicle axis, the first groove elongated along the vehicle-longitudinal axis and the second groove elongated along a vehicle-vertical axis.
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