Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Light weight rocker reinforcement
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Application No.: US15701012Application Date: 2017-09-11
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Publication No.: US10308286B2Publication Date: 2019-06-04
- Inventor: Herbert Yang , Praveenmanickam Renganathan , Shekar Prabhakar Erasala , John Michael McGuckin , Shawn Michael Morgans
- 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: Brooks Kushman P.C.
- Agent Vichit Chea
- Main IPC: B60K37/00
- IPC: B60K37/00 ; B62D21/15 ; B62D27/02

Abstract:
A rocker assembly for a vehicle comprising a rocker panel and a side sill that enclose an injection molded reinforcement. The reinforcement includes a plurality of intersecting fins that may be provided in horizontal and vertical planes. An intermediate wall formed by frames within four sided cells that define windows. The rocker assembly may include two different types of reinforcements, one with intersecting fins, or walls, extending laterally and one formed by a plurality of longitudinally extending tubular members.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190077462A1 LIGHT WEIGHT ROCKER REINFORCEMENT Public/Granted day:2019-03-14
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