Apple Inc.

Alice C Watts

Mark Rober

Jesse T Buehler

Tommaso P Rivellini

Erik Mikael Fermer

Bryce A Woollard

John Raff

Ibuki Kamei

David E Kingman

Donald R Monroe

Derek C Scott

Samuel G Fowle

Paul D Yeomans

Juan A Lazaro

Christian Schermaier

Anthony Sagala Montevirgen

Sung Hoon Kim

Joel Frederic Jensen

Russell C Mead, Jr

Nathaniel J Dennis

Adam J Golman

Ronald Jack Smith

Donald J Parr

Kevin P Makowski

David Jennings Dostal

Todd Elliot Lewis

Robert R Mayer

Daniel E Rivera

An attenuation system is connected to a structural portion and includes a first portion, a second portion, and an actuator. The actuator is configured to move the attenuation system between a retracted position and an extended position. The first portion is moved outward relative to the second portion during movement of the attenuation system from the retracted position to the extended position.

Extendable bumpers for vehicles

A vehicle includes a body portion, an opening defined by the body portion, and an extendable bumper that is positioned in the opening and is moveable with respect to the body portions between an extended position and a retracted position. The extendable bumper includes an inflatable structure that causes movement of the extendable bumper between the retracted position and the extended position in response to inflation and deflation of the inflatable structure.

An apparatus includes a vehicle structure, a bumper, an elongate structural member, and an extension portion. The elongate structural member is able to crush longitudinally in response to application of force in a longitudinal direction. The extension portion is able to crush longitudinally in response to application of force in the longitudinal direction, is connected to the elongate structural member such that the elongate structural member and the extension portion support the bumper with respect to the vehicle structure, and is operable to move the bumper between an extended position and a retracted position with respect to the vehicle structure to change a distance between the bumper and the vehicle structure.

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Alice C Watts