Electric car sub-frame
AssigneeRBW Sports & Classics Ltd.
InventorPeter Swain
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Abstract
A sub-frame arranged to be mounted on a chassis of a car and to have the rear wheels of the car mounted thereon is arranged to receive an electric drivetrain arranged to drive the car. The sub-frame includes a cage including bars arranged to form an upper perimeter and a lower perimeter and a plurality of struts extending between the upper and lower perimeters; a pair of rear wheel suspension mounts, each rear wheel suspension mount being arranged to have one of the rear wheels of the car mounted thereon; and a plurality of brackets located on the cage and arranged to facilitate connection of the sub-frame to the chassis of the car and/or to the electric drivetrain. A frame and vehicle including such a sub-frame and a method of installing such a sub-frame are also disclosed.
Claims17
A sub-frame arranged to be mounted on a chassis of a car and to have the rear wheels of the car mounted thereon, the sub-frame being arranged to receive an electric drivetrain arranged to drive the car, the sub-frame comprising:
- a cage comprising bars arranged to form an upper perimeter and a lower perimeter and a plurality of struts extending between the upper and lower perimeters;
- a pair of rear wheel suspension mounts, each rear wheel suspension mount being arranged to have one of the rear wheels of the car mounted thereon;
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- a plurality of brackets located on the cage and arranged to facilitate connection of the sub-frame to the chassis of the car and to the electric drivetrain;
- wherein the plurality of brackets located on the cage comprise:
- a pair of front frame mounts extending forward from a front face of the sub-frame, and arranged to be connected to an underbody portion of the chassis;
- a pair of rear side frame mounts extending sideways from a rearward portion of the sub-frame and arranged to be connected to side rails of the chassis;
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- a pair of front side frame mounts located forward of the rear side frame mounts, extending sideways from the sub-frame, and arranged to be connected to the side rails of the chassis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.