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US 2024/0158014 A1Published application
Land vehicles incorporating monocoques and modular mold systems for making the same
AssigneeWorkhorse Group Inc.
InventorRobert Willison
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Abstract
Land vehicles, modular systems for forming monocoques of land vehicles, and methods of forming monocoques of land vehicles using modular systems are envisioned. In certain embodiments, the land vehicles are provided as delivery vehicles and/or utility vehicles. A land vehicle includes a monocoque supporting a plurality of wheels to permit movement of the vehicle relative to an underlying surface in use of the land vehicle.
Claims20
An electric vehicle comprising:
- one or more electric motors;
- and
- a monocoque supporting the one or more electric motors, wherein the monocoque comprises:
- a front cage defining an operator cabin;
- and
- a rear floor located rearward of the front cage in a longitudinal direction that at least partially defines a stowage compartment of the electric vehicle and is formed to include a plurality of cutouts extending inwardly toward one another through the rear floor in a lateral direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, wherein the plurality of cutouts do not extend in the longitudinal direction over an entire length of the rear floor.
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An electric vehicle comprising:
- one or more electric motors;
- and
- a monocoque supporting the one or more electric motors, wherein the monocoque comprises:
- a front cage defining an operator cabin that has a constant width over a longitudinal direction;
- and
- a rear floor located rearward of the front cage in the longitudinal direction that at least partially defines a stowage compartment of the electric vehicle and is formed to include a plurality of cutouts extending inwardly toward one another through the rear floor in a lateral direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction such that the rear floor does not have a constant width over the longitudinal direction.
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An electric vehicle comprising:
- one or more electric motors;
- and
- a monocoque supporting the one or more electric motors, wherein the monocoque comprises:
- a front cage defining an operator cabin that has a constant width over a longitudinal direction;
- a rear floor located rearward of the front cage in the longitudinal direction that at least partially defines a stowage compartment of the electric vehicle and is formed to include a plurality of cutouts extending inwardly toward one another through the rear floor in a lateral direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction such that the rear floor does not have a constant width over the longitudinal direction;
- and
- an intermediate section disposed between the front cage and the rear floor in the longitudinal direction that has a constant width over the longitudinal direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.