Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Artificial muscle actuators
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Application No.: US16467830Application Date: 2017-12-07
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Publication No.: US10935009B2Publication Date: 2021-03-02
- Inventor: Marcio Dias Lima , Yang Yang , Luis Plata , Marilu Guerrero , Franklin Le , Randy Allen
- Applicant: Lintec of America, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Richardson
- Assignee: Lintec of America, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Lintec of America, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Richardson
- Agency: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C.
- International Application: PCT/US2017/065127 WO 20171207
- International Announcement: WO2018/106926 WO 20180614
- Main IPC: H01H85/04
- IPC: H01H85/04 ; F03G7/06 ; F16K31/44 ; H02N11/00 ; H01B1/18 ; A61F2/50
Abstract:
An actuator device that includes a conducting material and at least one fuse incorporated into the conducting material is disclosed. The at least one fuse may stop current flow for temperatures above a specific temperature. The actuator device may also include a series of electronics that determine whether the actuating device has blown the at least one fuse.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200051769A1 IMPROVEMENTS IN ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE ACTUATORS Public/Granted day:2020-02-13
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