Patent ID: 11858550
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  Y | IPC B

Claim 12:
13. An electrified vehicle assembly, comprising:
a brace assembly that extends from a passenger side frame rail of a vehicle to a driver side frame rail of the vehicle, the brace assembly including a cross-brace, a driver side bridging bracket, and a passenger side bridging bracket;
at least one electrified vehicle powertrain module supported by the brace assembly; and
at least one driver side foot of the cross-brace that is secured directly to a lower side of the driver side frame rail, and at least one passenger side foot of the cross-brace that is secured directly to a lower side of the passenger side frame rail,
wherein the at least one driver side foot and the at least one passenger side foot each include a frangible feature configured to yield in response to a load,
wherein the at least one driver side foot includes a front driver side foot and a rear driver side foot, wherein the at least one passenger side foot includes a front passenger side foot and a rear passenger side foot.