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公开(公告)号：US20140026555A1
公开(公告)日：2014-01-30
申请号：US14014778
申请日：2013-08-30
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor： Paul W. Alexander , Alan L. Browne , Nancy L. Johnson , Nilesh D. Mankame , Xiujie Gao , Geoffrey P. McKnight , Andrew C. Keefe , Peter Maxwell Sarosi , Christopher P. Henry , Patrick B. Usoro
CPC classification number: F03G7/065 , F02G5/04 , F16G1/26 , F16H7/02 , Y02T10/166
Abstract: An energy harvesting system includes a heat engine and a component. The heat engine includes a belt, a first member, and a second member. The belt includes a strip of material and at least one wire at least partially embedded longitudinally in the strip of material. The wire includes a shape memory alloy material. A localized region of the at least one wire is configured to change crystallographic phase between martensite and austenite and either contract or expand longitudinally in response to exposure to a first temperature or a second temperature such that the strip of material corresponding to the localized region also contracts or expands. The first member is operatively connected to the belt and moves with the belt in response to the expansion or contraction of the belt. The component is operatively connected to the first member such that movement of the first member drives the component.
Abstract translation: 能量收集系统包括热机和部件。 热机包括皮带，第一部件和第二部件。 带包括一条材料条和至少部分地沿纵向地嵌入材料条中的线。 导线包括形状记忆合金材料。 所述至少一根导线的局部区域被配置为改变马氏体和奥氏体之间的结晶相，并且响应于暴露于第一温度或第二温度而纵向收缩或膨胀，使得对应于局部区域的材料条也收缩 或扩展。 第一构件可操作地连接到带并响应于带的膨胀或收缩而与带一起移动。 组件可操作地连接到第一构件，使得第一构件的移动驱动构件。
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公开(公告)号：US10982358B2
公开(公告)日：2021-04-20
申请号：US15854219
申请日：2017-12-26
Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
Inventor： Paul W. Alexander , Nancy L. Johnson , Anthony L. Smith , Christopher P. Henry
Abstract: The knitted textiles include a knitted structure including a plurality of hollow yarns. Each hollow yarn includes a yarn body and defines a yarn hole extending through the yarn body to allow expansion of the yarn body upon inflation of each hollow yarn through the yarn hole. The knitted structure is configured to transition from an unexpanded state to an expanded state in response to the inflation of the hollow yarns through the yarn hole. The knitted structure has a first porosity in the unexpanded state, and the knitted structure has a second porosity in the expanded state. The second porosity is less than the first porosity such that a visibility through the knitted structure is greater when the knitted structure is in the unexpanded state than when the knitted structure is in the expanded state.
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公开(公告)号：US20190194843A1
公开(公告)日：2019-06-27
申请号：US15854219
申请日：2017-12-26
Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
Inventor： Paul W. Alexander , Nancy L. Johnson , Anthony L. Smith , Christopher P. Henry
CPC classification number: D04B1/16 , B32B5/026 , B32B5/26 , B32B2250/03 , B32B2250/20 , B32B2307/412 , B32B2307/414 , B32B2307/7145 , B32B2307/728 , B32B2605/003 , D02G3/34 , D02G3/446 , D04B1/18 , D10B2401/022 , D10B2401/20 , D10B2505/12
Abstract: The knitted textiles include a knitted structure including a plurality of hollow yarns. Each hollow yarn includes a yarn body and defines a yarn hole extending through the yarn body to allow expansion of the yarn body upon inflation of each hollow yarn through the yarn hole. The knitted structure is configured to transition from an unexpanded state to an expanded state in response to the inflation of the hollow yarns through the yarn hole. The knitted structure has a first porosity in the unexpanded state, and the knitted structure has a second porosity in the expanded state. The second porosity is less than the first porosity such that a visibility through the knitted structure is greater when the knitted structure is in the unexpanded state than when the knitted structure is in the expanded state.
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公开(公告)号：US12012022B2
公开(公告)日：2024-06-18
申请号：US17034642
申请日：2020-09-28
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor： Christopher P. Henry , Nancy L. Johnson , Paul W. Alexander , Dorel M. Sala , Anthony L Smith
CPC classification number: B60N2/5685 , D04B1/16 , D04B1/22 , H01B5/12 , H05B3/12 , H05B3/347 , D10B2401/16 , H05B2203/006 , H05B2203/011
Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment, an interior heating system for occupant seats of a vehicle is provided. The interior heating system uses a weft co-knit fabric combined with at least one conductive electrode to heat selective regions of a vehicle seat. The interior heating system includes the weft co-knit fabric that contains a set of weft knit active or plated emitting yarn configured with at least one conductive electrode. The knit active or plated emitting yarn is co-knit with at least one parent yarn for enhanced uniformity of an electrical current applied to at least one conductive electrode from the weft co-knit fabric, and a plurality of conductive electrodes arranged in an interdigitated layout to combine together each conductive electrode with a set of a plurality of conductive co-knit active emitting yarns which attach to each electrode tine of the conductive electrode in a select region.
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公开(公告)号：US08747264B2
公开(公告)日：2014-06-10
申请号：US14014778
申请日：2013-08-30
Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
Inventor： Paul W. Alexander , Alan L. Browne , Nancy L. Johnson , Nilesh D. Mankame , Xiujie Gao , Geoffrey P. McKnight , Andrew C. Keefe , Peter Maxwell Sarosi , Christopher P. Henry , Patrick B. Usoro
IPC: F02G5/04
CPC classification number: F03G7/065 , F02G5/04 , F16G1/26 , F16H7/02 , Y02T10/166
Abstract: An energy harvesting system includes a heat engine and a component. The heat engine includes a belt, a first member, and a second member. The belt includes a strip of material and at least one wire at least partially embedded longitudinally in the strip of material. The wire includes a shape memory alloy material. A localized region of the at least one wire is configured to change crystallographic phase between martensite and austenite and either contract or expand longitudinally in response to exposure to a first temperature or a second temperature such that the strip of material corresponding to the localized region also contracts or expands. The first member is operatively connected to the belt and moves with the belt in response to the expansion or contraction of the belt. The component is operatively connected to the first member such that movement of the first member drives the component.
Abstract translation: 能量收集系统包括热机和部件。 热机包括皮带，第一部件和第二部件。 带包括一条材料条和至少部分地沿纵向地嵌入材料条中的线。 导线包括形状记忆合金材料。 所述至少一根导线的局部区域被配置为改变马氏体和奥氏体之间的结晶相，并且响应于暴露于第一温度或第二温度而纵向收缩或膨胀，使得对应于局部区域的材料条也收缩 或扩展。 第一构件可操作地连接到带并响应于带的膨胀或收缩而与带一起移动。 组件可操作地连接到第一构件，使得第一构件的移动驱动构件。
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公开(公告)号：US20220097581A1
公开(公告)日：2022-03-31
申请号：US17034642
申请日：2020-09-28
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor： Christopher P. Henry , Nancy L. Johnson , Paul W. Alexander , Dorel M. Sala , Anthony L. Smith
Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment, an interior heating system for occupant seats of a vehicle is provided. The interior heating system uses a weft co-knit fabric combined with at least one conductive electrode to heat selective regions of a vehicle seat. The interior heating system includes the weft co-knit fabric that contains a set of weft knit active or plated emitting yarn configured with at least one conductive electrode. The knit active or plated emitting yarn is co-knit with at least one parent yarn for enhanced uniformity of an electrical current applied to at least one conductive electrode from the weft co-knit fabric, and a plurality of conductive electrodes arranged in an interdigitated layout to combine together each conductive electrode with a set of a plurality of conductive co-knit active emitting yarns which attach to each electrode tine of the conductive electrode in a select region.
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