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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2010
Chin-hsu Lin, Troy, MI (US);
Alan L. Browne, Grosse Pointe, MI (US);
Nancy L. Johnson, Northville, MI (US);
Jan H. Aase, Oakland Township, MI (US);
Chin-Hsu Lin, Troy, MI (US);
Alan L. Browne, Grosse Pointe, MI (US);
Nancy L. Johnson, Northville, MI (US);
Jan H. Aase, Oakland Township, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
Impact absorbing padding includes a unitary piece including a polymeric material commingled with a structural element. The polymeric material includes a material having a first temperature-responsive stiffness, and the structural element includes an element fabricated from a shape memory alloy formulated to have a second temperature-responsive stiffness that is converse to the first temperature-responsive stiffness.