Apple Inc.

Kevin P Makowski

Anthony Sagala Montevirgen

Sung Hoon Kim

Joel Frederic Jensen

Mark Rober

Russell C Mead, Jr

Jesse T Buehler

Nathaniel J Dennis

Adam J Golman

Ronald Jack Smith

Tommaso P Rivellini

Donald J Parr

Erik Mikael Fermer

Toni Ristoski

Alice C Watts

Bryce A Woollard

Matthew I Woods

Dustin L Dequine

David Jennings Dostal

Todd Elliot Lewis

Robert R Mayer

Daniel E Rivera

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.

Extendable bumpers for vehicles

A floor assembly for a passenger vehicle includes a lower floor assembly and an upper floor subassembly coupled to and positioned above the lower floor assembly. The lower floor assembly includes one or more compartments for containing one or more batteries. The upper floor subassembly is a sandwich structure composite.

Vehicle floor and subassemblies thereof

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Simi Valley, CA, United States of America

Kevin P Makowski