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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2018
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Jungryoung Kim, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Shreeganesh Sudhindra, New Hudson, MI (US);
Gheorghe Barbuta, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Len V. Peschansky, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
An exemplary side impact system for a vehicle includes an energy absorption member including a first portion, a second portion, a third portion, and a fourth portion, the first and second portions connected by a first arcuate portion, the second and third portions connected by a second arcuate portion, and the third and fourth portions connected by a third arcuate portion such that the energy absorption member has a W-shaped cross-section and a load path distribution member. The load path distribution member is coupled to the energy absorption member at the first and third arcuate portions.