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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2019
Applicant:
Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Andrew Stoddart, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ramanjaneya Reddy Butukuri, Union City, CA (US);
Austin Hilton, Foster City, CA (US);
Kevin Francis O'Hara, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Andrew John Piper, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Zoox, Inc., Foster, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 1/04 (2019.01); H01M 50/20 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 50/20 (2021.01); B60K 1/04 (2013.01); B60Y 2306/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle system may include an impact screen for reducing damage in a collision involving the vehicle. The impact screen may be disposed in a cavity of the vehicle system between a motor unit and a battery to reduce a likelihood of impact and/or a force of an impact between the motor unit and the battery. The impact screen may be fixed at opposite sides of the vehicle, such that motor unit moves relative to the impact screen during the collision.