US 12,459,574 B2
Vehicle rocker assembly
Zehua Qin, Norton Shores, MI (US); and Matthew Kuipers, Holland, MI (US)
Assigned to Shape Corp., Grand Haven, MI (US)
Filed by Shape Corp., Grand Haven, MI (US)
Filed on Nov. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/052,755.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/276,282, filed on Nov. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0147528 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 25/02 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 25/025 (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 tubular insert disposed within the elongated hollow interior, the tubular insert being formed by roll forming a metal sheet, the tubular insert comprising:
an inboard wall disposed adjacent the sill inner;
an outboard wall disposed adjacent the sill outer;
an upper wall extending between upper ends of the inboard and outboard walls;
a lower wall extending between lower ends of the inboard and outboard walls; and
a center wall disposed between the upper and lower walls and extending between the inboard and outboard walls with a length less than the upper and lower walls.