Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Configurable vehicle frames and associated methods
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Application No.: US17243394Application Date: 2021-04-28
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Publication No.: US11518206B2Publication Date: 2022-12-06
- Inventor: Michael John Harmon , Hussain Z. Tajmahal , Marielle Conrad , Benjamin Jordan Curtis , David Earl Ooms , Yejin Han
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman LLC
- Agent Gregory Brown
- Main IPC: B60G17/015
- IPC: B60G17/015 ; B60K1/04 ; B60K6/28 ; B60K6/26

Abstract:
An example vehicle frame disclosed herein includes end frames having wheels coupled thereto, and a central frame coupled between the end frames, the central frame positioned at an offset relative to the end frames, the vehicle frame rotatable about a longitudinal axis of the vehicle frame between a first position and a second position, the central frame at a first distance from the ground when the vehicle frame is in the first position, the central frame at a second distance from the ground when the vehicle frame is in the second position, the first distance greater than the second distance.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220355636A1 CONFIGURABLE VEHICLE FRAMES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS Public/Granted day:2022-11-10
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