Actuator

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1992-03-16

1993-05-11

Gonzalez, Frank

Optical waveguides

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G02B 626

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052108171

ABSTRACT:
An actuator is comprised of a main body having an opening at its one side, an inner space defined within the main body and filled with an amount of thermally expansive gas, a substance for converting the light into the heat which is accommodated in the inner space, a guide device for guiding light into the second portion of the inner space, and a membrane connected to the side of the main body for closing the opening and deflected previously toward the inner space so as to establish a snap action toward outward of the main body when the inner pressure exceed a set value.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4974922 (1990-12-01), Mori
patent: 4984860 (1991-01-01), Seike et al.
patent: 5061026 (1991-10-01), Clarke et al.
patent: 5101470 (1992-03-01), Reynolds

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