Vehicle body apparatus and system including a rocker insert

US11511808B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC · US

Inventors

• Jeffrey R. Halonen · Brighton, US
• Terry A. Swartzell · Ann Arbor, US
• Yiran Tong · Calabasas, US
• Luke A. Reini · Clarkston, US
• Andrew W. White · Columbus, US
• Michael D. Regiec · Clarkston, US
• Warren J. Parsons · Waterford Township, US
• Monte L. Taylor · Warren, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 5, 2020
• Grant date: Nov 29, 2022
• Expiry date: Mar 24, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62D29/008
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for a vehicle body including a rocker insert is provided. The apparatus includes a vehicle body including a plurality of metallic structure members and a lower portion operable to provide support to a floor surface within a passenger compartment of a vehicle and a rocker insert mounted to an in-vehicle side portion of the lower portion. The rocker insert includes an elongated bar portion including a hollow center portion including internal reinforcing web features. The rocker insert is oriented with respect to the vehicle body such that a longitudinal axis of the elongated bar portion of the rocker insert is parallel to an in-vehicle forward direction of the vehicle body.