发明名称 |
Variable Resistance Strut Assemblies and Articles Containing the Same |
摘要 |
Disclosed herein is a strut assembly 10 comprising of a piston 3 in slideable communication with a housing 2; a seal 6 in operative communication with the piston 3 and/or the housing 2; wherein the seal 6 comprises an active material adapted to control the motion of the piston 3. Disclosed herein too is a method of operating a strut assembly 10 comprising displacing a suspended body 60 in mechanical communication with a piston 3; wherein the piston 3 comprises a piston head 14 and a piston rod 12; activating an active material in operative communication with the piston head 14; and controlling the motion of the suspended body 60.
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申请公布号 |
US2009008844(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2009.01.08 |
申请号 |
US20080210674 |
申请日期 |
2008.09.15 |
申请人 |
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC. |
发明人 |
BROWNE ALAN L.;JOHNSON NANCY L.;MANKAME NILESH D.;ULICNY JOHN C.;JONES GARY L.;O'KANE JAMES C. |
分类号 |
F16F5/00;B60T1/00;B65D33/30;E05B15/04;E05B47/00;E05B65/12;F15B15/20;F15B15/26;F15B21/06;F16D63/00;F16F9/04;F16F9/34;F16F9/36;F16F9/46;F16F9/54;F16F9/56;F16F15/00 |
主分类号 |
F16F5/00 |
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