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US 2010/0140981 A1Published application
Rocker panel structure
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsUdo MILDNER, Thomas ENDERICH, Lothar TESKE
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Abstract
In a motor vehicle body, plates of a rocker panel reinforcement situated inside a rocker panel are led up to a terminus part manufactured from plastic. A front wall of the terminus part is led up almost to a tire envelope curve. In the event of a crash of the motor vehicle, occurring forces are introduced particularly early into the plates of the rocker panel reinforcement.
Claims14
A motor vehicle body for a motor vehicle, comprising:
- at least two rocker panels laterally situated and pointing in a travel direction, and implemented as a hollow profile comprising a terminus part manufactured from a plastic for covering at least one end of the at least two rocker panels;
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- a front wall of the terminus part overlapping a plate of a rocker panel reinforcement that is situated inside the hollow profile.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.