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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2006
Alan L. Browne, Grosse Pointe, MI (US);
Douglas M. Linn, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Nilesh D. Mankame, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Roland J. Menassa, Macomb, MI (US);
Ivan G. Sears, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Robin Stevenson, Bloomfield, MI (US);
Christopher P. Henry, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Nancy L. Johnson, Northville, MI (US);
Charles W. Wampler, Ii, Birmingham, MI (US);
Alan L. Browne, Grosse Pointe, MI (US);
Douglas M. Linn, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Nilesh D. Mankame, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Roland J. Menassa, Macomb, MI (US);
Ivan G. Sears, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Robin Stevenson, Bloomfield, MI (US);
Christopher P. Henry, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Nancy L. Johnson, Northville, MI (US);
Charles W. Wampler, II, Birmingham, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A fixture device generally includes a base member, a reconfigurable pad disposed on the base member, wherein the reconfigurable pad comprises a shape memory material configured to selectively conform to a surface contour of a workpiece, and an activation device in operative communication with the shape memory material.