Vibration dampening vehicle subframe
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsSuriyaprakash Ayyangar Janarthanam, Do Young Chung, Jason C. Marcath, Suma Rani Das, Afif Sabbagh
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a body including a first frame rail and a second frame rail and a cross-brace directly connected to the first frame rail and the second frame rail. A powertrain-electrification component is supported by the cross-brace. A vehicle subframe is directly connected to the cross-brace. A vehicle-steering gear is connected to the subframe. The direct connection of the subframe to the cross-brace dampens vibration, e.g., road vibration and noise, in the subframe to reduce noise, vibration, and harshness transferred to a vehicle occupant through the vehicle-steering gear.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- a first frame rail and a second frame rail spaced from each other in a cross-vehicle direction and each elongated in a vehicle-longitudinal direction;
- a cross-brace directly connected to the first frame rail and the second frame rail;
- a powertrain-electrification component supported by the cross-brace;
- a vehicle subframe directly connected to the cross-brace;
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- a vehicle-steering gear connected to the vehicle subframe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.