Gm Global Technolgoy Operations, Inc.

Michael D Regiec

Terry A Swartzell

Andrew W White

Michael G Poss

Warren J Parsons

Mark J McGuire

Bryan F Lake

Anthony V Minatel

Luke A Reini

Monte L Taylor

Yiran Tong

James J Janick

Raymond F Roantree

Jeffrey R Halonen

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.

Vehicle body apparatus and system including a rocker insert

The invention contemplates a body structure for a vehicle. The body structure includes a roof panel and a side frame. The attachment flange of an outer body side panel includes a roof mounting portion with a dual angle, a glass mounting portion at an angle that matches one of the dual angles, and a transition area where the dual angle of the roof mounting portion tapers to the glass mounting portion with the single angle.

Vehicle with layered roof build

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Clarkston, MI, United States of America

Michael D Regiec