Active seal assemblies employing active materials that can be controlled and remotely changed to alter the seal effectiveness, wherein the active seal assemblies actively change modulus properties such as stiffness, shape orientation, and the like. In this manner, in seal applications such as a vehicle...http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US20050206095?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20050206095 - Discrete active seal assemblies
