A vehicle rocker panel torsion lever configured to reduce intrusion in the event of a side impact, the vehicle rocker panel torsion lever including a rigid elongated member including a first end and a second end, the first end configured to be fixedly coupled to a rocker panel of a vehicle, the second end free-floating within a cavity defined by a B-pillar of the vehicle, the rigid elongated member configured to translate a linear external side-impact applied to the B-pillar to a rotational force applied to the rocker panel.
ROCKER PANEL TORSION LEVER
2024-04-04
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B62D MOTOR VEHICLES , Motorfahrzeuge |
IMPROVED ROCKER/LEVER ARM ASSEMBLY FOR A STEERING SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE
European Patent Office | 2024
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