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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2012
Nilesh D. Mankame, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
James Holbrook Brown, Temecula, CA (US);
Aragorn Zolno, Whittier, CA (US);
James M Lombardi, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI (US);
Crescenzio Pelino, Clinton Township, Macomb County, MI (US);
Daniel Blair, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Nilesh D. Mankame, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
James Holbrook Brown, Temecula, CA (US);
Aragorn Zolno, Whittier, CA (US);
James M Lombardi, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI (US);
Crescenzio Pelino, Clinton Township, Macomb County, MI (US);
Daniel Blair, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
An actuator system for use in selectively engaging an input to an output. The actuator system includes an input sub-system having an input component configured to connect to an input element which is in turn connected to a work source. The actuator system also includes an output sub-system being connectable to the input sub-system for receiving work from the work source via the input sub-system. The actuator system further includes an actuator sub-system having an active material and an actuating component. The actuator sub-system is configured so that the active material, when activated, causes the actuating component to move from a first state to a second state to disengage the input and output sub-systems.