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US 10,988,186 B2Granted
Vehicle frame assembly
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMatthew B. Makowski, Abdelmonaam Sassi, Thiag Subbian, Jayanth Kumar Basavalingiah, Jamil M. Alwan, Chelliah Madasamy
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Abstract
An assembly includes a subframe, a rocker, a battery cage supported by the rocker, and a battery supported by the battery cage. The assembly includes a reinforcement bolted to the rocker and positioned to be along a load path through the subframe resulting from a vehicle frontal impact.
Claims13
An assembly comprising:
- a rocker elongated along a longitudinal axis;
- a reinforcement bolted to the rocker and elongated along an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis;
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- bolts connecting the reinforcement to the rocker;
- the bolts being spaced along the axis parallel to the longitudinal axis;
- the bolts connecting the reinforcement to the rocker at connection points, at least one of the bolts, the reinforcement at the connection points, and the rocker at the connection points being designed to allow the reinforcement to separate from the rocker during a vehicle frontal impact.
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