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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2022
Applicant:
Polestar Performance Ab, Gothenburg, SE;
Inventors:
Sanjeev Sharma, Gothenburg, SE;
Sushanta Debnath, Warwick, GB;
Robert Lloyd, Leicestershire, GB;
Aiden Austin, Leicestershire, GB;
Assignee:
POLESTAR PERFORMANCE AB, Gothenburg, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 25/04 (2006.01); B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B62D 25/02 (2006.01); B62D 27/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 25/04 (2013.01); B62D 21/157 (2013.01); B62D 25/025 (2013.01); B62D 27/023 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle rocker panel torsion lever configured to reduce intrusion in the event of a side impact, the vehicle rocker panel torsion lever including a rigid elongated member including a first end and a second end, the first end configured to be fixedly coupled to a rocker panel of a vehicle, the second end free-floating within a cavity defined by a B-pillar of the vehicle, the rigid elongated member configured to translate a linear external side-impact applied to the B-pillar to a rotational force applied to the rocker panel.