- 专利标题: Shape memory alloy subsurface array deployment mechanism
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申请号: US16884755申请日: 2020-05-27
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公开(公告)号: US11047370B1公开(公告)日: 2021-06-29
- 发明人: Frederick B. Koehler , Curtis B. Carlsten , Ward D. Lyman , Jason E. Gaudette
- 申请人: Raytheon Company
- 申请人地址: US MA Waltham
- 专利权人: Raytheon Company
- 当前专利权人: Raytheon Company
- 当前专利权人地址: US MA Waltham
- 代理机构: Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP
- 主分类号: F03G7/06
- IPC分类号: F03G7/06 ; G01V1/38 ; G01V1/20
摘要:
A deployment body for a sensor array includes at least one superelastic spring formed of a shape memory alloy (SMA) material that enables activation of the deployment body. The SMA spring is configured to expand from a stowed position in which the SMA spring is wound around a central hub of the deployment body to a deployed position in which the SMA spring is extended in a radially outward direction relative to the central hub. A stiffness of the SMA spring enables the SMA spring to hold cables of the sensor array and maintain a deployed shape of the sensor array, which may be a volumetric array. Using the SMA material is advantageous in that the material is tuned to maintain superelasticity based on at least one of an intended operating temperature and a desired expansion ratio of stowed to deployed diameter of the deployment body.
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