Patents Examined by Emory Hicks
  • Vehicle underbody structure
    Patent number: 9434420
    Abstract: A vehicle is provided. The vehicle has an underbody that includes a floor panel, a pair of laterally spaced side members affixed to opposing lateral side portions of the floor panel, a plurality of cross members affixed to and spanning the pair of side members, a longitudinal member affixed to and spanning two adjacent cross members, and a mounting element affixed to the longitudinal member. The longitudinal member is configured to transfer a load from the mounting element to the adjacent cross members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Tofiqul Islam, Behrooz Shahidi, Lawrence Walczak, Andre Thompson, John Michael McGuckin