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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2006
Alan L. Browne, Grosse Pointe, MI (US);
Kenneth A. Strom, Washington, MI (US);
Nilesh D. Mankame, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Mark A. Kramarczyk, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Alan L. Browne, Grosse Pointe, MI (US);
Kenneth A. Strom, Washington, MI (US);
Nilesh D. Mankame, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Mark A. Kramarczyk, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle member generally comprises a thermally activated shape memory material in operative communication with a pyrotechnic device. The pyrotechnic device is effective to thermally change a dimension, a shape, an orientation change, an elastic modulus property change or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing properties of the shape memory material, which results in a structural and/or mechanical change to the vehicle member.