Active material based tunable property automotive brackets

Details Active material based tunable property automotive brackets Active material based tunable property automotive brackets

2008-07-22

2008-07-22

Lyjak, Lori L (Department: 3612)

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Structural detail

C296S187030, C248S200000

Reexamination Certificate

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11554744

ABSTRACT:
A tunable property bracket for a vehicle body, includes a support member comprising a first active material configured to provide support for static and dynamic loads during normal operation of the vehicle body, wherein the first active material undergoes a change in a property upon exposure to an activating condition during a loading event or a sensed loading event, wherein the change in the property is effective to provide a load bearing capacity change to the support member.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2006/0125291 (2006-06-01), Buravalla et al.
patent: 2006/0186700 (2006-08-01), Browne et al.

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