ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,574, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Shape Corp. (Grand Haven, Mich.).
"Vehicle rocker assembly" was invented by Zehua Qin (Norton Shores, Mich.) and Matthew Kuipers (Holland, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle rocker assembly includes a tubular insert disposed between a sill inner and a sill outer. The tubular insert may include 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 u...