Patent ID: 9555839
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: B60S,B62D

Claim:
1. An extruded aluminium section insert for insertion within a body structure of a vehicle and for use therein as a vehicle jacking point comprising: a side wall adapted to abut an internal side wall of a vehicle sill box structure in use; a floor wall connected to the side wall of the insert and adapted to abut a floor wall of the vehicle sill box structure in use; a depending flange extending from the floor wall of the insert on an opposite side of the insert's floor wall as the connection to the insert's side wall; wherein the depending flange is adapted to be engaged by a jack and transmit vehicle weight loads through the floor wall of the insert, into the side wall of the insert, and to the internal side wall of the vehicle sill box structure; wherein the insert includes a second side wall, such that the side walls of the insert comprise an inside side wall and an outside side wall spaced apart from each other, the floor wall of the insert spanning a gap between the inside and outside side walls, and both the inside side wall and the outside side wall adapted to abut internal side walls of the vehicle sill box structure; wherein the insert further comprises a ceiling wall spanning the gap between the inside and outside side walls; and wherein the insert further comprises one or more reinforcing fillet walls interconnecting either the floor and ceiling walls of the insert between the inside and outside side walls, or interconnecting the inside and outside side walls between the floor and ceiling walls of the insert.