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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2020
Applicant:
Driv Automotive Inc., Lake Forest, IL (US);
Inventor:
Rod Hadi, Grass Lake, MI (US);
Assignee:
DRiV Automotive Inc., Lake Forest, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 17/015 (2006.01); B60N 2/02 (2006.01); B60G 3/04 (2006.01); B60G 17/016 (2006.01); B62D 33/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 17/0152 (2013.01); B60G 3/04 (2013.01); B60G 17/016 (2013.01); B60N 2/0224 (2013.01); B62D 33/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle load-bearing member includes an electro-active material, a lead wire for delivering an electric current to the electro-active material, and a controller in communication with a power supply for supplying electric current to the electro-active material for changing dynamic characteristics of the electro-active material, wherein changing dynamic characteristics of the electro-active material changes at least one of dampening and stiffness of the vehicle load-bearing member by changing the shape of the electro-active material.