Cover deploying system utilizing active material actuation

Details Cover deploying system utilizing active material actuation Cover deploying system utilizing active material actuation

2011-07-26

2011-07-26

Johnson, Blair M (Department: 3634)

Flexible or portable closure, partition, or panel

With mounting, fastening, or supporting means

Automobile windshield weather protector or sunshield

Reexamination Certificate

active

07984746

ABSTRACT:
A system for deploying and stowing a cover, including a mechanical assembly coupled to the cover, preferably comprising a plurality of deploy arms and synchronization means, and reconfigurable between deployed and stowed conditions, and further including an actuator presenting an active material element operable to undergo a change, when activated, and operable to cause the assembly to reconfigure as a result of the change.

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Cybex International, VR3 Fly/Rear Delt, available online May 16, 2006. accessed Nov. 3, 2010 at http://media.cybexintl.com/SummarySheets/12110.pdf.

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