Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Resettable sensor assembly and system
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Application No.: US15130199Application Date: 2016-04-15
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Publication No.: US09746044B1Publication Date: 2017-08-29
- Inventor: Richard J. Skurkis , Paul W. Alexander , Nancy L. Johnson , Jason F. Laws , Nicholas W. Pinto, IV
- Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Detroit
- Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Current Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Detroit
- Agency: Quinn IP Law
- Main IPC: G01K1/14
- IPC: G01K1/14 ; H01H37/32 ; F16D66/00 ; F16D65/18 ; F16D55/225

Abstract:
A resettable sensor assembly includes an elongate valve body having a longitudinal axis and defining a cavity therein. A housing is at least partially disposed within a cooperates with the elongate valve body and includes at least one electrical contact. A support member disposed within the elongate valve body cavity cooperates with a plate to communicate with the at least one electrical contact. An actuator element configured for translating the plate along the axis between a first position in which the plate contacts the at least one electrical contact and a second position in which the plate is spaced apart from the at least one electrical contact. The element is formed from a shape memory alloy that is transitionable between an austenite crystallographic phase and a martensite crystallographic phase in response to a thermal activation signal to thereby translate the plate between the first position and the second position.
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