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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2009
Nilesh D. Mankame, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
John Andrew Shaw, Dexter, MI (US);
Benjamin Reedlunn, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Alan L. Browne, Grosse Pointe, MI (US);
Xiujie Gao, Troy, MI (US);
Paul W. Alexander, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Jan H. Aase, Oakland Township, MI (US);
Nancy L. Johnson, Northville, MI (US);
Kenneth A. Strom, Washington, MI (US);
Sanjeev M. Naik, Troy, MI (US);
Chandra S. Namuduri, Troy, MI (US);
Robin Stevenson, Bloomfield, MI (US);
William R. Rodgers, Bloomfield Township, MI (US);
John C. Ulicny, Oxford, MI (US);
Christopher P. Henry, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Paul E. Krajewski, Troy, MI (US);
Ravindra Brammajyosula, Karnataka, IN;
Nilesh D. Mankame, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
John Andrew Shaw, Dexter, MI (US);
Benjamin Reedlunn, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Alan L. Browne, Grosse Pointe, MI (US);
Xiujie Gao, Troy, MI (US);
Paul W. Alexander, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Jan H. Aase, Oakland Township, MI (US);
Nancy L. Johnson, Northville, MI (US);
Kenneth A. Strom, Washington, MI (US);
Sanjeev M. Naik, Troy, MI (US);
Chandra S. Namuduri, Troy, MI (US);
Robin Stevenson, Bloomfield, MI (US);
William R. Rodgers, Bloomfield Township, MI (US);
John C. Ulicny, Oxford, MI (US);
Christopher P. Henry, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Paul E. Krajewski, Troy, MI (US);
Ravindra Brammajyosula, Karnataka, IN;
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A cable adapted for use as an actuator, adaptive structural member, or damper, includes a plurality of longitudinally inter-engaged and cooperatively functioning shape memory alloy wires.