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GB2583294B
GB2583294B GB2009995.8A GB202009995A GB2583294B GB 2583294 B GB2583294 B GB 2583294B GB 202009995 A GB202009995 A GB 202009995A GB 2583294 B GB2583294 B GB 2583294B
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shape memory
memory alloy
alloy actuator
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Yu Jen Ho Eugene
Benjamin Simpson Brown Andrew
Morgan Jonathan
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Cambridge Mechatronics Ltd
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03G—SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS; MECHANICAL-POWER PRODUCING DEVICES OR MECHANISMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR OR USING ENERGY SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03G7/00—Mechanical-power-producing mechanisms, not otherwise provided for or using energy sources not otherwise provided for
    • F03G7/06—Mechanical-power-producing mechanisms, not otherwise provided for or using energy sources not otherwise provided for using expansion or contraction of bodies due to heating, cooling, moistening, drying or the like
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03G—SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS; MECHANICAL-POWER PRODUCING DEVICES OR MECHANISMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR OR USING ENERGY SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03G7/00—Mechanical-power-producing mechanisms, not otherwise provided for or using energy sources not otherwise provided for
    • F03G7/06—Mechanical-power-producing mechanisms, not otherwise provided for or using energy sources not otherwise provided for using expansion or contraction of bodies due to heating, cooling, moistening, drying or the like
    • F03G7/061—Mechanical-power-producing mechanisms, not otherwise provided for or using energy sources not otherwise provided for using expansion or contraction of bodies due to heating, cooling, moistening, drying or the like characterised by the actuating element
    • F03G7/0614—Mechanical-power-producing mechanisms, not otherwise provided for or using energy sources not otherwise provided for using expansion or contraction of bodies due to heating, cooling, moistening, drying or the like characterised by the actuating element using shape memory elements
    • F03G7/06143—Wires
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03G—SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS; MECHANICAL-POWER PRODUCING DEVICES OR MECHANISMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR OR USING ENERGY SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03G7/00—Mechanical-power-producing mechanisms, not otherwise provided for or using energy sources not otherwise provided for
    • F03G7/06—Mechanical-power-producing mechanisms, not otherwise provided for or using energy sources not otherwise provided for using expansion or contraction of bodies due to heating, cooling, moistening, drying or the like
    • F03G7/063—Mechanical-power-producing mechanisms, not otherwise provided for or using energy sources not otherwise provided for using expansion or contraction of bodies due to heating, cooling, moistening, drying or the like characterised by the mechanic interaction
    • F03G7/0633—Mechanical-power-producing mechanisms, not otherwise provided for or using energy sources not otherwise provided for using expansion or contraction of bodies due to heating, cooling, moistening, drying or the like characterised by the mechanic interaction performing a rotary movement

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  • Mechanical Control Devices (AREA)
  • User Interface Of Digital Computer (AREA)
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GB2009995.8A 2017-12-01 2018-11-21 Shape memory alloy actuator Active GB2583294B (en)

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GB2210121.6A GB2605924B (en) 2017-12-01 2018-11-21 Shape memory alloy actuator

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GBGB1720061.9A GB201720061D0 (en) 2017-12-01 2017-12-01 Haptic button
GBGB1801805.1A GB201801805D0 (en) 2018-02-05 2018-02-05 Haptic device
PCT/GB2018/053364 WO2019106340A1 (en) 2017-12-01 2018-11-21 Shape memory alloy actuator

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WO2009000859A2 (en) * 2007-06-27 2008-12-31 Saes Getters S.P.A. Actuator comprising elements made of shape memory alloy with broadened range of working temperatures
DE102010020514A1 (en) * 2010-05-16 2011-11-17 FG-INNOVATION UG (haftungsbeschränkt) Method for compensating the functional fatigue of shape memory elements, particularly in form of actuator element, involves providing shape-memory element with functional fatigue in operating condition
DE102013216655A1 (en) * 2012-08-31 2014-03-06 GM Global Technology Operations LLC (n. d. Gesetzen des Staates Delaware) Compensating an incomplete reversal in shape memory alloy wire-containing mechanisms
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GB202210121D0 (en) 2022-08-24
GB2583294A (en) 2020-10-21

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