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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2014
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Jason Minahan, Mountain View, CA (US);
Felix Jose Alvarez Rivera, San Jose, CA (US);
Daniel Lynn Larner, San Jose, CA (US);
Thomas Daniel, San Francisco, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
In one example, an apparatus includes a casing configured to be coupled to a frame of a vehicle at a first end of the casing. The casing comprises friable foam having a first stiffness. The apparatus further includes a void within the casing defined by (i) an inner wall of the casing and (ii) an opening at a second end of the casing. The apparatus further includes an insert positioned within the void, the insert comprising a material having a second stiffness that is different from the first stiffness.