Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Rocker assembly for autonomous vehicle
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Application No.: US15807069Application Date: 2017-11-08
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Publication No.: US10363968B2Publication Date: 2019-07-30
- Inventor: Saied Nusier , Mohamed Ridha Baccouche , Saeed David Barbat , Jamel E. Belwafa
- 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: B60J5/04
- IPC: B60J5/04 ; B62D25/02 ; B60J5/06

Abstract:
An autonomous vehicle including a body defining a door opening for a front door and a rear door. The doors are attached to the body a track that guides the doors between an open position and a closed position. A rocker assembly includes an outer rocker panel defining a slot, an inner rocker panel attached to the outer rocker panel, and an insert including an upper tube and a lower tube disposed between the outer rocker panel and the inner rocker panel. The tubes extend between a front end and a rear end of the rocker assembly, a track is assembled between the upper and lower tubes, and the slot in the outer rocker panel provides access to the track for brackets that have rollers that engage the track. The brackets are attached to the doors.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190135349A1 ROCKER ASSEMBLY FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2019-05-09
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