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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2014
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Dynalloy, Inc., Tustin, CA (US);
Paul W. Alexander, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Debbie E Nachtegall, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Nancy L. Johnson, Northville, MI (US);
Scott R. Webb, Macomb Township, MI (US);
James Ryan Yates, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
James Holbrook Brown, Temecula, CA (US);
Aragorn Zolno, Whittier, CA (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
DYNALLOY, INC., Tustin, CA (US);
Abstract
A deployable camera system for a vehicle includes a body defining a cavity therein, and a camera including a housing having an exterior surface. The camera is reversibly transitionable between a stowed position in which the camera is recessed into the cavity and the exterior surface is substantially flush with the body, and a deployed position wherein the camera protrudes from the cavity and the exterior surface is not substantially flush with the body. The deployable camera system includes a first shape memory alloy element transitionable between a first state and a second state in response to a first thermal activation signal.