Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Structural detail
Reexamination Certificate
2007-10-09
2007-10-09
Patel, Kiran B. (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Structural detail
C296S187090
Reexamination Certificate
active
11163649
ABSTRACT:
A structural panel for an automotive vehicle includes an outer panel and a variable strength inner panel attached to the outer panel. The inner panel utilizes active elements formed from shape memory alloy (SMA). A controller activates the SMA elements so as to transform the inner panel from a normal state to a higher strength state in the event of an impact directed against a vehicle.
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Chou Clifford
Le Jerry Jialiang
Tzou Hom-Sen
Yang Ren-Jye
Bejin Gigette M.
Dickinson Wright PLLC
Ford Global Technologies LLC
Patel Kiran B.
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