A vehicle load-bearing member includes an electro-active material, a lead wire for delivering an electric current to the electro-active material, and a controller in communication with a power supply for supplying electric current to the electro-active material for changing dynamic characteristics of the electro-active material, wherein changing dynamic characteristics of the electro-active material changes at least one of dampening and stiffness of the vehicle load-bearing member by changing the shape of the electro-active material.
SUSPENSION HAVING ELECTRICALLY-CONTROLLABLE MATERIAL
SUSPENSION MIT ELEKTRISCH KONTROLLIERBAREM MATERIAL
SUSPENSION COMPRENANT UN MATÉRIAU POUVANT ÊTRE COMMANDÉ ÉLECTRIQUEMENT
2021-12-08
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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