Gm Global Technolgoy Operations, Inc.

Douglas M Smick

Nancy L Johnson

Alan L Browne

Christopher Paul Henry

Guillermo A Herrera

Andrew C Keefe

Bahram Khalighi

Geoffrey P Mc Knight

A vehicle flow trip, includes a moveable body portion in physical communication with a vehicle body, and an actuator comprising an active material in operative communication with the vehicle body and the moveable body portion; wherein the active material undergoes a change in a property upon receipt of an activation signal, wherein the change in a property is effective to displace the moveable body portion from either an original position or a deployed position in an airflow stream to the other of the original or the deployed position through motion of the actuator.

Active material actuated flow trips

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Warner Robins, GA, United States of America

Douglas M Smick