ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,310, issued on July 1, was assigned to AUTOTECH ENGINEERING S.L. (Amorebieta-Etxano, Spain).
"Rocker reinforcement and rocker for a vehicle" was invented by Victor Limousin (Vanves, France) and Vanessa Lopera Cano (Boulogne Billancourt, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a rocker for a vehicle and a rocker reinforcement. Examples of the present disclosure include a cross section of a rocker reinforcement comprising two convex four-sided structures with their horizontal diagonals substantially parallel to a transverse horizontal direction, and the convex four-sided structures being separated along a...