Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Configurable vehicle chassis and associated methods
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Application No.: US17243390Application Date: 2021-04-28
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Publication No.: US11702162B2Publication Date: 2023-07-18
- 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 Lorne Forsythe
- Main IPC: B62D63/02
- IPC: B62D63/02 ; B60K1/04 ; B62D21/11 ; B62D27/06 ; B62D21/03 ; B60K1/00

Abstract:
An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a first frame subassembly and a second frame subassembly, each of the first and second frame subassemblies defining a wheel axle of a vehicle, the first frame subassembly including a first bridge portion oriented generally upward relative to the wheel axle, the second frame subassembly including a second bridge portion oriented generally downward relative to the wheel axle, and a central frame couplable to the first frame subassembly via the first bridge portion and couplable to the second frame subassembly via the second bridge portion, the central frame configured for a first ride height when coupled to the first frame subassembly and configured for a second ride height when coupled to the second frame subassembly, the first ride height greater than the second ride height.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220348275A1 CONFIGURABLE VEHICLE CHASSIS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS Public/Granted day:2022-11-03
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