发明授权
- 专利标题： Artificial muscle drive units with load-bearing supports for improved performance
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申请号： US17218346申请日： 2021-03-31
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公开(公告)号： US11421664B1公开(公告)日： 2022-08-23
- 发明人: Michael P. Rowe , Shardul S. Panwar , Maduran Palaniswamy
- 申请人： Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- 申请人地址： US TX Plano
- 专利权人： Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- 当前专利权人： Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- 当前专利权人地址： US TX Plano
- 代理机构： Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
- 主分类号： F03G7/06
- IPC分类号： F03G7/06 ; F15B15/10 ; F15B21/06 ; B25J9/10
摘要：
An artificial muscle drive unit includes a base and an artificial muscle disposed on the base. The artificial muscle includes an expandable reservoir and a fluid. The fluid is movable within said expandable reservoir to switch the artificial muscle between a non-actuated state in which a dimension of the artificial muscle in a movement direction is a minimum value, and an actuated state, in which the dimension of the artificial muscle is a maximum value. The artificial muscle drive unit also includes a load-bearing support disposed on the base, the load-bearing support comprising a dimension in the movement direction that is greater than or equal to the minimum value.
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