Abstract: Novel mechanisms for compiling routing policies and evaluating network routes, including: (a) an efficient mechanism for representing routing policies to facilitate the runtime evaluation of network routes; (b) a mechanism for late-binding vectors pertaining to external constructs used or recited within the routing policies; and (c) a mechanism for updating routing policy state pertinent to network route evaluation. Existing methods for evaluating network routes on a network device, such as the use of route maps, tend to introduce complexity and extend route evaluation runtime when performing, for example, certain operations to one or more route attributes for any given network route being evaluated. Through implementation of disclosed mechanisms, however, route evaluation runtimes may be reduced, thereby minimizing, if not eliminating, any route evaluation congestion.

Abstract: A vehicle upper body structural brace apparatus includes a first member having a first end in a rear region of a vehicle and second and third members each coupled to a second end of the first member. The second and third members are configured to couple lower and upper unibody vehicle structural components, respectively. The first, second and third members transfer impact forces at the first end of the first member from the first end, around first and second vehicle interior regions, and to the lower and upper unibody vehicle structural components.

Abstract: A vehicle frame includes an outside rail section having an upper flange, a lower flange, and an inward facing cavity between the upper and lower flanges. An inside rail section is coupled along the upper and lower flanges of the outside rail section and has an outward facing cavity that aligns with the inward facing cavity to enclose an interior volume. A pair of hydroform tubes extending vertically through apertures at spaced longitudinal locations in the upper flange and engage a bottom surface of the inward cavity to define a pillar for supporting a vehicle roof.

Abstract: A strengthening member for an automotive vehicle comprises an eight-cornered cross section including sides and corners. The sides comprise four straight sides and four curved sides. A length of each straight side ranges from about 10 mm to about 200 mm and a length of each curved side is about 10 mm to about 200 mm.

Abstract: A vehicle frame includes an outside rail section having an upper flange, a lower flange, and an inward facing cavity between the upper and lower flanges. An inside rail section is coupled along the upper and lower flanges of the outside rail section and has an outward facing cavity that aligns with the inward facing cavity to enclose an interior volume. A pair of hydroform tubes extending vertically through apertures at spaced longitudinal locations in the upper flange and engage a bottom surface of the inward cavity to define a pillar for supporting a vehicle roof.

Abstract: A strengthening member for an automotive vehicle comprises an eight-cornered cross section including sides and corners. The sides comprise four straight sides and four curved sides. A length of each straight side ranges from about 10 mm to about 200 mm and a length of each curved side is about 10 mm to about 200 mm.

Abstract: A strengthening member for an automotive vehicle comprises an eight-cornered cross section including sides and corners. The sides comprise four straight sides and four curved sides. A length of each straight side ranges from about 10 mm to about 200 mm and a length of each curved side is about 10 mm to about 200 mm.

Abstract: A strengthening member for an automotive vehicle comprises an eight-cornered cross section including sides and corners. The sides comprise four straight sides and four curved sides. A length of each straight side ranges from about 10 mm to about 200 mm and a length of each curved side is about 10 mm to about 200 mm.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for managing a model-based design lifecycle having a plurality of stages. The system comprises an input interface for receiving input from the user of the system, a display device, and a processor coupled to the input interface and the display device. The processor is configured to display a user interface on the display device, wherein the user interface comprises a plurality of controls that each corresponds to a different process associated with a stage of the model-based design lifecycle. Certain ones of the controls are configured to require the user to perform the corresponding processes in a required order and certain other ones of the controls are arranged to encourage the user to perform the corresponding operation in a preferred order. The processor is also configured to retrieve a software module for each selected control to implement the corresponding process.

Abstract: A shield (20) for an automotive vehicle (10) is provided to lessen the impact force to a foreign body by absorbing energy or converting energy from the foreign body with the shield (20). The shield (20) has a ramped surface (22), an inner surface (24), and a periphery (26) delineating the inner surface (24) from the ramped surface (22). The inner surface (24) is further refined into an upper area (28) and a lower area (30), where a ridge (32) extends from the inner surface (24) portioning the upper area (28) from the lower area (30). At least one rib (34) is connected to the ridge (32) and extends from the inner surface (24), whereby the ridge (32) or the rib (34) may absorb energy or divert direct contact into sliding contact when the ramped surface (22) is impacted by a foreign body reducing the impact force upon the foreign body. Also, a method of using a shield (20) in an automotive vehicle 10 is provided.

Abstract: A shield (20) for an automotive vehicle (10) is provided to lessen the impact force to a foreign body by absorbing energy or converting energy from the foreign body with the shield (20). The shield (20) has a ramped surface (22), an inner surface (24), and a periphery (26) delineating the inner surface (24) from the ramped surface (22). The inner surface (24) is further refined into an upper area (28) and a lower area (30), where a ridge (32) extends from the inner surface (24) portioning the upper area (28) from the lower area (30). At least one rib (34) is connected to the ridge (32) and extends from the inner surface (24), whereby the ridge (32) or the rib (34) may absorb energy or divert direct contact into sliding contact when the ramped surface (22) is impacted by a foreign body reducing the impact force upon the foreign body. Also, a method of using a shield (20) in an automotive vehicle 10 is provided.