Power plants – Motor operated by expansion and/or contraction of a unit of... – Mass is a solid
Reexamination Certificate
2007-01-09
2007-01-09
Nguyen, Hoang (Department: 3748)
Power plants
Motor operated by expansion and/or contraction of a unit of...
Mass is a solid
C060S528000
Reexamination Certificate
active
11294718
ABSTRACT:
A rotary SMA actuator includes an SMA assembly having a plurality of grooves formed therein to form a plurality of concentrically arranged SMA tubes. A heater element is disposed against an input end of the SMA tubes and generates heat when electrical current is applied thereto. The heat is used to heat the SMA tubes, which causes an angular deflection of each of the tubes at an output end thereof. An innermost one of the SMA tubes is used as an output member and its angular deflection is the sum of the angular deflections of all of the SMA tubes. The actuator is of a smaller size and lighter weight than electrical, mechanical, hydraulic or pneumatic actuators of comparable torque output. The actuator also provides greater deflection capability than similarly sized SMA type actuators that do not employ concentric tubes.
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Bushnell Glenn S
Whitley Ted D
Harness & Dickey & Pierce P.L.C.
Nguyen Hoang
The Boeing Company
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