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ADJUSTABLE PANEL CLOSURE BUMPERS INCORPORATING SHAPE MEMORY POLYMERS
An adjustable bumper, adapted for supporting closure panels on a vehicle, is described. The bumper incorporates a shape memory polymer portion, which may be readily permanently reshaped by the steps of: heating above its transition temperature, deforming by application of a load, and cooling, while still under load, below its transition temperature. This behavior is exploited to enable adjustment of the adjustable bumper so that it may provide the desired closure panel support while accommodating vehicle to vehicle variations in the fit of the closure panel and the vehicle body.
ADJUSTABLE PANEL CLOSURE BUMPERS INCORPORATING SHAPE MEMORY POLYMERS
An adjustable bumper, adapted for supporting closure panels on a vehicle, is described. The bumper incorporates a shape memory polymer portion, which may be readily permanently reshaped by the steps of: heating above its transition temperature, deforming by application of a load, and cooling, while still under load, below its transition temperature. This behavior is exploited to enable adjustment of the adjustable bumper so that it may provide the desired closure panel support while accommodating vehicle to vehicle variations in the fit of the closure panel and the vehicle body.
ADJUSTABLE PANEL CLOSURE BUMPERS INCORPORATING SHAPE MEMORY POLYMERS
ALEXANDER PAUL W (author) / LUNTZ JONATHAN E (author) / MOYER ALAN W (author) / BREI DIANN (author) / RANGA SUHANT (author) / JOHNSON NANCY L (author)
2016-03-17
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC:
E05F
DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION
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Vorrichtungen zum Bewegen der Flügel in die Offen- oder Schließstellung
Adjustable panel closure bumpers incorporating shape memory polymers
| European Patent Office | 2016