DEVICES FOR HOLDING INTERMEDIATE POSITIONS AND ARTICLES THAT CONTAIN THE SAME

摘要

Disclosed herein is a strut assembly 10 comprising a locking device 11 in operative communication with a piston 3 , wherein the locking device 11 comprises an active material operative to resist motion of the piston 3 in response to an activation signal. 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 ; activating an active material in operative communication with the piston 3 ; and controlling the motion of the suspended body 60.