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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2020
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Jeffrey R. Halonen, Brighton, MI (US);
Terry A. Swartzell, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Yiran Tong, Farmington, MI (US);
Luke A. Reini, Clarkston, MI (US);
Andrew W. White, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Michael D. Regiec, Clarkston, MI (US);
Warren J. Parsons, Oakland, MI (US);
Monte L. Taylor, Warren, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
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.