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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2019
Deep Science, Llc, Bellevue, WA (US);
Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);
Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, CA (US);
Edward K. Y. Jung, Bellevue, WA (US);
Royce A. Levien, Cambridge, MA (US);
Robert W. Lord, Seattle, WA (US);
Mark A. Malamud, Seattle, WA (US);
Cameron Myhrvold, Medina, WA (US);
Conor L. Myhrvold, Medina, WA (US);
Nathan P. Myhrvold, Medina, WA (US);
John D. Rinaldo, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);
Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);
Victoria Y. H. Wood, Livermore, CA (US);
Deep Science, LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus, method, computer program product, and/or system are described that determine an event, actuate a cushioning element in response to the determining the event, the cushioning element including one or more tension-bearing members, and dissipate at least some of an energy associated with a collision based on deforming at least one of the tension-bearing members during the collision, the deforming including substantially inelastically stretching the at least one of the tension-bearing members. Other example embodiments are also provided relating to actuatable cushioning elements.