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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2018
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Kevin Howard, Plymouth, MI (US);
Robert Lietz, Chelsea, MI (US);
John Romig, Troy, MI (US);
Lawren Gamble, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Daniel Inman, Northport, MI (US);
William S. Gulker, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
Artem Poliakov, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method, according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a composite material selectively movable between an inactive position and an active position, and a control to apply a voltage to the composite material in response to a vehicle panel moving from a closed position to an open position to move the composite material to the active position to mitigate wind throb.