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- Patent Title: Methods of determining mid-stroke positions of active material actuated loads
- Patent Title (中): 确定活动材料致动载荷的中间位置的方法
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Application No.: US13046748Application Date: 2011-03-13
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Publication No.: US08390305B2Publication Date: 2013-03-05
- Inventor: Guillermo A. Herrera , Xiujie Gao , Nancy L. Johnson , Alan L. Browne , Christopher P. Henry , Andrew C. Keefe , Geoffrey P. McKnight , Sloan Smith
- Applicant: Guillermo A. Herrera , Xiujie Gao , Nancy L. Johnson , Alan L. Browne , Christopher P. Henry , Andrew C. Keefe , Geoffrey P. McKnight , Sloan Smith
- Applicant Address: US MI Detroit
- Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Current Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Detroit
- Main IPC: G01R27/08
- IPC: G01R27/08

Abstract:
Systems for and methods of determining at least one mid-stroke position of an active material actuated load by causing a stress induced rapid change in electrical resistance within the active material element, or modifying an ancillary circuit, when the load is at the mid-stroke position(s).
Public/Granted literature
- US20110163769A1 METHODS OF DETERMINING MID-STROKE POSITIONS OF ACTIVE MATERIAL ACTUATED LOADS Public/Granted day:2011-07-07
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