Gm Global Technolgoy Operations, Inc.

Yiran Tong

Terry A Swartzell

Andrew W White

Warren J Parsons

Luke A Reini

Michael D Regiec

Monte L Taylor

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

A sheet metal system having incremental forming and direct metal deposition, includes a plate. A groove is created in the plate. A direct metal deposition tool is positioned within the groove. A material is deposited by the direct metal deposition tool onto a surface within the groove creating a rib.

Sheet metal system and manufacturing process joining incremental forming and direct metal deposition

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Chatsworth, CA, United States of America

Yiran Tong