Patent ID: 11904675
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H | IPC B  H

Claim 10:
11. An electrified vehicle assembly, comprising:
a frame including a passenger side rail and a driver side rail;
a battery support plate secured to the passenger side rail and the driver side rail;
a battery pack including a plurality of cross-members;
a plurality of mechanical fasteners that each extend through an aperture in the battery support plate to engage one of the cross-members to secure the battery pack to the battery support plate, wherein the battery support plate includes a rib projecting vertically downward beneath all portions of the plurality of mechanical fasteners that engage the one of the cross-members, the rib extending longitudinally in a cross-vehicle direction; and
a raised area that extends longitudinally through the rib in a direction that is angled relative to the cross-vehicle direction.