US Patent Issued to ArcelorMittal on Sept. 30 for "Rocker reinforcement for an electric vehicle" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,064, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to ArcelorMittal (Luxembourg).

"Rocker reinforcement for an electric vehicle" was invented by Dan Hasenpouth (Paris), Yohan Merdji (Valdampierre, France) and Joel Wilsius (Paris).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Reinforced rocker assembly having a closed section reinforcement located in the hollow volume formed between the rocker components, wherein the reinforcement is assembled to a rocker component in the transition zones between an upper horizontal wall and an upper flange of the rocker component and in the transition zones between a lower horizontal wall and a lower flange of the rocker compon...