Inventor

MANKAME NILESH D

US144 patents

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MANKAME NILESH D

GM GLOBAL TECH OPERATIONS INC

Manipulable seat bolster utilizing active material actuation

Flush door handle with shape memory alloy drive and heated handle to body seal

Panels having active material based fold lines

Fore-aft position adjuster utilizing active material actuation

Door actuation systems

Manipulable lumbar support utilizing active material actuation

Reconfigurable fixture device and method for controlling

Reconfigurable fixture device and methods of use

Active materials based approaches to latch snug down and articles containing the same

Active material based tunable property automotive brackets

Active material based safety belt buckle presenter

Active material enabled vents and methods of use

Local energy absorber

Cover deploying system utilizing active material actuation

Servo system augmented with an active material component

Active material node based reconfigurable structures

Reconfigurable fixture device and methods of use

Programmable shims for manufacturing and assembly lines

Architected automotive impact beam

Support system for magnetically supporting an object on a support

GM GLOBAL TECH OPERATIONS LLC

Tunable energy absorbers

Internally tensioned inflatable structures

Multi-functional textiles with integrated sensing and control elements

Variable stiffness textile panel assembly

Local energy absorber

Remotely-driven haptic device

Cushion with spatially varying lattice structures

BROWNE ALAN L

Active material based suction cups

Tunable impedance load-bearing structures

Shape memory alloy actuator with enhanced heat transfer characteristics

Active material based bodies for varying frictional force levels at the interface between two surfaces

Customizable strut assemblies and articles that employ the same

Tunable impedance load-bearing structures

Pyrotechnic triggering of thermally activated shape memory materials for selectively changing a structural and/or mechanical property of a vehicle member

MANKAME NILESH D

Using resting load to augment active material actuator demand in power seats

Thermally-active material assemblies including phase change materials

Reconfigurable fixture device and methods of use

High energy density magnetic springs using spatially modulated magnetic fields technology

Mechanical grippers utilizing active material activation

CHARNESKY SCOTT P

Compound shutter system with independent and non-sequential operation

Active aero shutters

NEELAKANTAN VIJAY A

Valve configured for regulating the flow of fluid from a transmission to a cooler

Valve configured for regulating the flow of fluid from a transmission to a fluid cooler

ZAVATTIERI PABLO D

Bi-stable and multi-stable devices

Active material adaptive object holders

LAWALL JENNIFER P

Adjustable seat ramp utilizing active material actuation

SIGLER DAVID R

Joining polymer workpieces to other components

GAO XIUJIE

Pinch protection mechanism utilizing active material actuation

USORO PATRICK B

Belt retractor utilizing active material actuation

HERRERA GUILLERMO A

Method of controlling a shape memory alloy actuator utilizing resistance change