US 12,415,569 B2
Rocker insert with corrugated structure
Matthew Kuipers, Holland, MI (US); Zehua Qin, Norton Shores, MI (US); Marcus Ashmore, Farmington Hills, MI (US); and Bruce Walsh, West Bloomfield, MI (US)
Assigned to Shape Corp., Grand Haven, MI (US)
Filed by Shape Corp., Grand Haven, MI (US)
Filed on Jan. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/152,038.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/363,784, filed on Apr. 28, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/297,296, filed on Jan. 7, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0219626 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 25/02 (2006.01); B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B62D 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 25/025 (2013.01) [B62D 21/157 (2013.01); B62D 29/004 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle rocker assembly comprising:
a sill inner;
a sill outer coupled with the sill inner to define an elongated hollow interior between the sill inner and the sill outer; and
a rocker insert disposed within the elongated hollow interior, the rocker insert comprising a corrugated portion that has a ridge oriented to extend in a lateral vehicle direction between the sill inner and the sill outer,
wherein the rocker insert comprises a tubular member extending longitudinally along the elongated hollow interior and at least partially defined by an upper wall, a lower wall, and opposing side walls extending between the upper wall and the lower wall, and
wherein at least one of the upper wall or the lower wall include the corrugated portion of the rocker insert with the ridge extending at least partially between the opposing side walls of the rocker insert.