Body-mounted tire blocker assembly

US10077014B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC · US

Inventors

• Huai-yang Chiang · Troy, US
• Vikas V. Joshi · Troy, US
• Hari Prasada Reddy Lingala · Chesterfield Township, US
• Warren J. Parsons · Waterford Township, US
• Terry A. Swartzell · Ann Arbor, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 20, 2017
• Grant date: Sep 18, 2018
• Expiry date: Mar 20, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62D27/065
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A body-mounted tire blocker assembly can absorb and/or manage energy when a vehicle body assembly is subjected to an external force. This vehicle body assembly may include a vehicle body defining a passenger compartment. The vehicle body further includes a rocker panel defining a first panel end and a second panel end opposite the first panel end. The tire blocker assembly is coupled to the rocker panel and includes a first blocker body and a second blocker body coupled to the first blocker body. The first blocker body is farther from the first panel end than the second blocker body in order to guide a wheel away from the passenger compartment when an external force is applied to the vehicle body.