US Patent Issued to Shape on Aug. 4 for "Vehicle beam assembly with coordinated stiffening members" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,037, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Shape Corp. (Grand Haven, Mich.).

"Vehicle beam assembly with coordinated stiffening members" was invented by Matthew Kuipers (Holland, Mich.) and Zehua Qin (Norton Shores, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle rocker assembly includes one or more of a sill outer or a sill inner to define an elongated hollow interior. The vehicle rocker assembly also includes a stiffening member disposed within the hollow interior. The rocker insert includes a first stiffening member having a top wall, a bottom wall, and a side wall. The rocker insert also includes a second stiffening member including a ...