Active material based suction cups
    103.
    发明申请
    Active material based suction cups 有权
    活性物质吸盘

    公开(公告)号:US20080078896A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-04-03

    申请号:US11536009

    申请日:2006-09-28

    IPC分类号: F16B47/00

    CPC分类号: F16B47/00 F16B1/0014

    摘要: Remotely engageable and releasable suction cups include a pliable body and an active material in operative communication with the pliable body and configured to create and/or eliminate a partial vacuum through the activation of stiffness or geometry changes in the active material. Suitable active materials include shape memory materials such as shape memory alloys, ferromagnetic shape memory alloys, and shape memory polymers (SMP). A second class of active materials include materials that exhibit a change in at least one attribute when subjected to an applied field but revert back to their original state upon removal of the applied field. Active materials in this category include piezoelectric materials, electroactive polymers (EAP), magnetorheological polymers, and the like.

    摘要翻译: 可远程接合和可释放的吸盘包括柔韧的主体和与柔韧体可操作地连通的活动材料,并被配置成通过激活活性材料的刚性或几何形状的变化来产生和/或消除部分真空。 合适的活性材料包括形状记忆材料,例如形状记忆合金,铁磁形状记忆合金和形状记忆聚合物(SMP)。 第二类活性材料包括当受到施加的场而在至少一个属性中变化但在移除所施加的场时恢复到其原始状态的材料。 该类活性物质包括压电材料,电活性聚合物(EAP),磁流变聚合物等。

    VALVE CONFIGURED FOR REGULATING THE FLOW OF FLUID FROM A TRANSMISSION TO A COOLER
    105.
    发明申请
    VALVE CONFIGURED FOR REGULATING THE FLOW OF FLUID FROM A TRANSMISSION TO A COOLER 有权
    配置用于调节流体从传动到冷却器的阀

    公开(公告)号:US20130139906A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-06-06

    申请号:US13309850

    申请日:2011-12-02

    IPC分类号: F16L53/00

    摘要: A transmission fluid circuit includes a transmission, a cooler, and a valve. The valve includes a housing, a spool and an actuator. The spool is movable inside the housing between a first position and a second position. The actuator includes a smart material configured to be activated in response to the temperature of the fluid exhibiting at least a first temperature such that the actuator is in a first state. The smart material is configured to be deactivated in response to the fluid being a sufficient number of degrees less than the first temperature such that the actuator is in a second state. The fluid flows from the housing to the transmission and from the transmission the cavity when the spool is in the first position. The fluid flows from the housing to the cooler and from the cooler to the transmission when the spool is in the second position.

    摘要翻译: 传动液回路包括变速器,冷却器和阀。 阀包括壳体,阀芯和致动器。 线轴可在第一位置和第二位置之间在壳体内移动。 所述致动器包括智能材料,所述智能材料被配置为响应于所述流体的温度至少呈现第一温度而被激活,使得所述致动器处于第一状态。 所述智能材料被配置为响应于所述流体的足够数量小于所述第一温度被停用,使得所述致动器处于第二状态。 当阀芯处于第一位置时,流体从壳体流到变速器,并且从变速器流出空腔。 当阀芯处于第二位置时,流体从壳体流向冷却器,并从冷却器流向变速器。

    Active material-based impulse actuators
    110.
    发明授权
    Active material-based impulse actuators 有权
    基于活性物质的脉冲执行器

    公开(公告)号:US08656713B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-02-25

    申请号:US12607989

    申请日:2009-10-28

    IPC分类号: F01B29/10 F02G1/04 F41B7/00

    CPC分类号: F03G7/005

    摘要: An apparatus for and method of displacing a body, such as a projectile, piston, or the distal edge of a sunshade cover or energy absorbing honeycomb matrix, utilizing momentum generated by the rapid actuation of an active material element, such as a Martensitic shape memory alloy wire.

    摘要翻译: 利用由诸如马氏体形状记忆体的活性物质元素的快速致动产生的动量,使诸如抛射体,活塞或遮阳罩或能量吸收蜂窝状基体的远端边缘的身体移位的装置和方法 合金线。