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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Chi-Chin Wu, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Abdelmonaam Sassi, Winsor, CA;
Lawrence Bis, Northville, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B60K 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 21/157 (2013.01); B60K 1/04 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0438 (2013.01);
Abstract
An exemplary rocker assembly includes a vehicle rocker at a lateral side of a vehicle, and a battery rocker at a lateral side of a battery pack of the vehicle. An exemplary energy absorbing method includes directing a first portion of a side load through a first load path that extends through a vehicle rocker at a lateral side of a vehicle, and directing a second portion of the side load through a second load path that extends through a battery rocker at a lateral side of a battery pack.