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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2007
Alan L. Browne, Grosse Pointe, MI (US);
Nancy L. Johnson, Northville, MI (US);
Pablo D. Zavattieri, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ukpai I. Ukpai, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
John C. Ulicny, Oxford, MI (US);
John A. Cafeo, Farmington, MI (US);
Rainer A. Glaser, Washington, MI (US);
Gary L. Jones, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
James Y. Khoury, Macomb, MI (US);
Carol Ann Perelli, Rochester, MI (US);
William R. Rodgers, Bloomfield Township, MI (US);
Xiujie Gao, Troy, MI (US);
Alan L. Browne, Grosse Pointe, MI (US);
Nancy L. Johnson, Northville, MI (US);
Pablo D. Zavattieri, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ukpai I. Ukpai, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
John C. Ulicny, Oxford, MI (US);
John A. Cafeo, Farmington, MI (US);
Rainer A. Glaser, Washington, MI (US);
Gary L. Jones, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
James Y. Khoury, Macomb, MI (US);
Carol Ann Perelli, Rochester, MI (US);
William R. Rodgers, Bloomfield Township, MI (US);
Xiujie Gao, Troy, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A seat assembly includes an active material in operative communication with a seat surface configured to undergo a change in at least one property upon receipt of an activation signal, wherein the change in at least one property is effective to change at least one feature of the seat surface.