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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2017
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Herbert Yang, Saline, MI (US);
Praveenmanickam Renganathan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Shekar Prabhakar Erasala, Northville, MI (US);
John Michael McGuckin, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Shawn Michael Morgans, Chelsea, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A rocker assembly for a vehicle comprising a rocker panel and a side sill that enclose an injection molded reinforcement. The reinforcement includes a plurality of intersecting fins that may be provided in horizontal and vertical planes. An intermediate wall formed by frames within four sided cells that define windows. The rocker assembly may include two different types of reinforcements, one with intersecting fins, or walls, extending laterally and one formed by a plurality of longitudinally extending tubular members.