Patent ID: 11958533
Assignee: SHAPE CORP.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A side frame assembly for a vehicle, the side frame assembly comprising:
a rocker structure having an upper wall, a lower wall, and an inner wall together extending along a length of the rocker structure, the rocker structure comprising a first metal sheet that has longitudinal bends along a length of the rocker structure separating the upper wall, the lower wall, and the inner wall of the rocker structure; and
an inboard stiffening beam disposed along an inboard-facing surface of the inner wall of the rocker structure, the inboard stiffening beam comprising a second metal sheet formed to define an enclosed tubular shape along a length of the inboard stiffening beam, the enclosed tubular shape having at least one of a planar upper wall or a planar lower wall,
wherein a planar extent of the planar upper wall or the planar lower wall intersects a portion of the rocker structure to form a lateral load path from the rocker structure to the enclosed tubular shape of inboard stiffening beam.