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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2021
Sabic Global Technologies B.v., Bergen op Zoom, NL;
Dinesh Munjurulimana, South Lyon, MI (US);
Dhanendra Kumar Nagwanshi, Novi, MI (US);
SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V., Bergen op Zoom, NL;
Abstract
An apparatus for providing structural support for a vehicle, the apparatus comprising a rocker panel component defining a channel extending along an axis, a partition disposed in the channel to define a first channel portion and a second channel portion, a first plastic reinforcement disposed in the first channel portion and coupled to the rocker panel component, the first plastic reinforcement defining a plurality of voids such that the first plastic reinforcement plastically deforms under a load at a first rate of deformation along the axis, a second plastic reinforcement disposed in the second channel portion and coupled to the rocker panel component, the second plastic reinforcement defining a plurality of voids such that the second plastic reinforcement plastically deforms under the load at a second rate of deformation along the axis, wherein the first rate of deformation is different than the second rate of deformation.