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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2017
Erik Mikael Fermer, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Alice C. Watts, Cupertino, CA (US);
Joel Frederic Jensen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ronald Jack Smith, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mark B. Rober, Cupertino, CA (US);
Sung Hoon Kim, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David Jennings Dostal, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Russell Cranstoun Mead, Jr., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Todd Elliot Lewis, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jesse T. Buehler, Los Altos, CA (US);
Nathaniel J. Dennis, Cupertino, CA (US);
Tommaso P. Rivellini, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Robert R. Mayer, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Anthony S. Montevirgen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Donald J. Parr, Mountain View, CA (US);
Bryce A. Woollard, Carpentersville, IL (US);
Adam J. Golman, Cupertino, CA (US);
Kevin P. Makowski, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Daniel E. Rivera, San Jose, CA (US);
Erik Mikael Fermer, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Alice C. Watts, Cupertino, CA (US);
Joel Frederic Jensen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ronald Jack Smith, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mark B. Rober, Cupertino, CA (US);
Sung Hoon Kim, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David Jennings Dostal, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Russell Cranstoun Mead, Jr., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Todd Elliot Lewis, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jesse T. Buehler, Los Altos, CA (US);
Nathaniel J. Dennis, Cupertino, CA (US);
Tommaso P. Rivellini, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Robert R. Mayer, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Anthony S. Montevirgen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Donald J. Parr, Mountain View, CA (US);
Bryce A. Woollard, Carpentersville, IL (US);
Adam J. Golman, Cupertino, CA (US);
Kevin P. Makowski, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Daniel E. Rivera, San Jose, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
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.