Patent ID: 11952039
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An electric-vehicle frame comprising:
a mid-section having first and second frame rails spaced from each other by a first distance along a cross-vehicle axis defining a battery compartment therebetween;
an end-section having first and second frame rails spaced from each other by a second distance along the cross-vehicle axis smaller than the first distance;
a first connector fixed to the first frame rail of the mid-section and to the first frame rail of the end-section;
a second connector fixed to the second frame rail of the mid-section and to the second frame rail of the end-section; and
a cross-beam between the first connector and the second connector;
the cross-beam being aligned with the first connector and the second connector along a vehicle-longitudinal axis, the vehicle-longitudinal axis being perpendicular to the cross-vehicle axis.