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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2020
Applicant:
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
Paxton S. Williams, Milan, MI (US);
James Chung, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Tyler Schnug, Northville, MI (US);
Rahul Gururaj, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 25/02 (2006.01); B62D 21/03 (2006.01); B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B62D 25/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 25/025 (2013.01); B62D 21/03 (2013.01); B62D 21/157 (2013.01); B62D 25/2036 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle including a rocker extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction having a first surface and a second surface, at least one crossmember extending in a vehicle width direction from the first surface of the rocker, and at least one spacer coupled to the second surface of the rocker, the at least one spacer being in line with the at least one crossmember.