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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2019
Juan A. Lazaro, San Jose, CA (US);
Erik Mikael Fermer, Partille, SE;
Alice C. Watts, Cupertino, CA (US);
Tommaso P. Rivellini, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Christian Schermaier, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
John Raff, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Derek C. Scott, Melbourne, AU;
David E. Kingman, Campbell, CA (US);
Bryce A. Woollard, Carpentersville, IL (US);
Samuel G. Fowle, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mark B. Rober, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ibuki Kamei, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Donald R. Monroe, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Jesse T. Buehler, Los Altos, CA (US);
Paul D. Yeomans, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Juan A. Lazaro, San Jose, CA (US);
Erik Mikael Fermer, Partille, SE;
Alice C. Watts, Cupertino, CA (US);
Tommaso P. Rivellini, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Christian Schermaier, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
John Raff, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Derek C. Scott, Melbourne, AU;
David E. Kingman, Campbell, CA (US);
Bryce A. Woollard, Carpentersville, IL (US);
Samuel G. Fowle, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mark B. Rober, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ibuki Kamei, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Donald R. Monroe, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Jesse T. Buehler, Los Altos, CA (US);
Paul D. Yeomans, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
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.