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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2009
Nilesh D. Mankame, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Douglas Martin Linn, White Lake, MI (US);
James W. Wells, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Alan L. Browne, Grosse Pointe, MI (US);
Nancy L. Johnson, Northville, MI (US);
Nilesh D. Mankame, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Douglas Martin Linn, White Lake, MI (US);
James W. Wells, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Alan L. Browne, Grosse Pointe, MI (US);
Nancy L. Johnson, Northville, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A mechanical implement adapted for use in an autonomously functioning device, such as a robot arm, and including an active material, such as shape memory polymer, element that when activated and/or deactivated is operable to modify the mechanical impedance of a joint or link in the device.