Patents by Inventor Lawrence Bis

Lawrence Bis has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Energy absorbing rocker assembly
    Patent number: 9505442
    Abstract: An exemplary rocker assembly includes a vehicle rocker at a lateral side of a vehicle, and a battery rocker at a lateral side of a battery pack of the vehicle. An exemplary energy absorbing method includes directing a first portion of a side load through a first load path that extends through a vehicle rocker at a lateral side of a vehicle, and directing a second portion of the side load through a second load path that extends through a battery rocker at a lateral side of a battery pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Chi-Chin Wu, Abdelmonaam Sassi, Lawrence Bis
  • ENERGY ABSORBING ROCKER ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20160257346
    Abstract: An exemplary rocker assembly includes a vehicle rocker at a lateral side of a vehicle, and a battery rocker at a lateral side of a battery pack of the vehicle. An exemplary energy absorbing method includes directing a first portion of a side load through a first load path that extends through a vehicle rocker at a lateral side of a vehicle, and directing a second portion of the side load through a second load path that extends through a battery rocker at a lateral side of a battery pack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Chi-Chin Wu, Abdelmonaam Sassi, Lawrence Bis