Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Artificial muscle actuators
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Application No.: US16466131Application Date: 2017-12-07
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Publication No.: US11085426B2Publication Date: 2021-08-10
- 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/US2017/065151 WO 20171207
- International Announcement: WO2018/106941 WO 20180614
- Main IPC: F03G7/06
- IPC: F03G7/06 ; F16K31/44 ; H02N11/00 ; H01H85/04 ; H01B1/18 ; A61F2/50
Abstract:
An actuator includes a plurality of artificial muscle fibers and at least one conducting material. The at least one conducting material electrically stimulates the plurality of artificial muscle fibers during activation of the actuator. An actuator device includes at least one artificial muscle fiber and at least one high-strength creep-resistant fiber.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200063720A1 IMPROVEMENTS IN ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE ACTUATORS Public/Granted day:2020-02-27
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