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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2014
Applicant:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Alex Khaykin, San Francisco, CA (US);
Daniel Lynn Larner, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/34 (2011.01); B60R 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/34 (2013.01); B60R 2021/0004 (2013.01); B60R 2021/346 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for protecting a colliding object from a secondary impact, after an initial impact with a vehicle, including a vehicle having a front end, an adhesive layer positioned on the front end of the vehicle, a coating positioned over the adhesive layer, wherein, upon the initial impact between the colliding object and the vehicle, the coating is broken exposing the adhesive layer to adhere the colliding object to the adhesive layer during the initial impact.