- Patent Title: Thermal actuator including fluid with high temperature stability
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Application No.: US13955624Application Date: 2013-07-31
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Publication No.: US09617921B2Publication Date: 2017-04-11
- Inventor: Pramod Kumar Biyani , Larry Neil Lewis , Carlos Miguel Miranda , Slawomir Rubinsztajn , Stanley Frank Simpson
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agent Ernest G. Cusick; Frank A. Landgraff
- Main IPC: F01D25/12
- IPC: F01D25/12 ; F02C9/18 ; F02C7/18 ; F03G7/06 ; F01D5/08 ; F01D11/00 ; F16K31/00

Abstract:
A thermal actuator is provided and includes an expansion material disposed and configured to move a movable element from a first movable element position toward a second movable element position in accordance with an expansion condition of the expansion material. The expansion material includes an inorganic salt mixture or a metal oxide mixture.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150037140A1 THERMAL ACTUATOR INCLUDING FLUID WITH HIGH TEMPERATURE STABILITY Public/Granted day:2015-02-05
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