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Title:
CONTROLLED-DEFORMATION PANEL
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2003068584
Kind Code:
A8
Abstract:
A controlled-deformation panel (1) having a sheet (3) of elastically deformable material, and a bundle of tension wires (4) inserted inside the sheet (3), close to one of the two lateral surfaces of the sheet (3); the tension wires (4) being anchored at the ends (4 a) to the body of the sheet (3); and the panel (1) also having wire-tensioning devices (4, 8, 11, 17) for selectively exerting mechanical pull on the tension wires (4) to produce controlled deformation of the body of the sheet (3); the wire-tensioning devices (4, 8, 11, 17) having linear actuators (4, 11) located along the tension wires (4) to reduce the total length of the tension wires (4) on command, and which are made at least partly of shape-memory metal material.

Inventors:
CALDIROLA LUCA (IT)
UBOLDI MONICA (IT)
VISCONTI AMEDEO (IT)
Application Number:
PCT/IT2003/000078
Publication Date:
April 08, 2004
Filing Date:
February 14, 2003
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Assignee:
FERRARI SPA (IT)
CALDIROLA LUCA (IT)
UBOLDI MONICA (IT)
VISCONTI AMEDEO (IT)
International Classes:
B62D35/00; B62D35/02; B62D37/02; F03G7/06; (IPC1-7): B62D37/02; F03G7/06
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