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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 02, 2019
Applicant:

Woven Planet North America, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);

Inventors:

Alfred Charles Jones, II, San Jose, CA (US);

Steven Son Khau, Belmont, CA (US);

Azhar Kamal Meyer, Pacifica, CA (US);

Hannah Samantha Talisse, Redwood City, CA (US);

Assignee:

Woven Planet North America, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B62D 21/09 (2006.01); B62D 27/06 (2006.01); B62D 27/02 (2006.01); B62D 25/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 21/152 (2013.01); B62D 21/09 (2013.01); B62D 21/15 (2013.01); B62D 21/157 (2013.01); B62D 25/08 (2013.01); B62D 27/026 (2013.01); B62D 27/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one embodiment, a storage system includes one or more platforms to stow compute units of an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle in a storage compartment of the vehicle. The platform is configured to support a compute unit of the vehicle to avoid a crumple zone of the vehicle. The crumple zone of the vehicle is designed to crumple when colliding with an object. The storage system also includes one or more shear fasteners configured to fasten the compute unit to the platform. The one or more shear fasteners are configured to break in a predetermined direction in response to a predetermined amount of lateral force. The breakage of the one or more shear fasteners decouples the compute unit from the platform in a controlled direction.


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