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公开(公告)号：US08800283B2
公开(公告)日：2014-08-12
申请号：US13340897
申请日：2011-12-30
申请人： Alan L. Browne , Nancy L. Johnson , Nilesh D. Mankame , Paul W. Alexander , John Andrew Shaw , Christopher Burton Churchill , Andrew C. Keefe , Guillermo A. Herrera , Jeffrey W Brown , Richard J. Skurkis
发明人： Alan L. Browne , Nancy L. Johnson , Nilesh D. Mankame , Paul W. Alexander , John Andrew Shaw , Christopher Burton Churchill , Andrew C. Keefe , Guillermo A. Herrera , Jeffrey W Brown , Richard J. Skurkis
CPC分类号： F03G7/065
摘要： A shape memory alloy (SMA) heat engine includes a first rotatable pulley, a second rotatable pulley, and an SMA material disposed about the first and second rotatable pulleys and between a hot region and a cold region. A method of starting and operating the SMA heat engine includes detecting a thermal energy gradient between the hot region and the cold region using a controller, decoupling an electrical generator from one of the first and second rotatable pulleys, monitoring a speed of the SMA material about the first and second rotatable pulleys, and re-engaging the driven component if the monitored speed of the SMA material exceeds a threshold. The SMA material may selectively change crystallographic phase between martensite and austenite and between the hot region and the cold region to convert the thermal gradient into mechanical energy.
摘要翻译： 形状记忆合金（SMA）热机包括第一可旋转滑轮，第二可旋转滑轮和围绕第一和第二可旋转滑轮设置的热材料区域与冷区域之间的SMA材料。 启动和操作SMA热机的方法包括使用控制器检测热区和冷区之间的热能梯度，将发电机与第一和第二可旋转滑轮中的一个相分离，监测SMA材料的速度约 第一和第二可旋转滑轮，并且如果SMA材料的监测速度超过阈值，则重新接合被驱动部件。 SMA材料可以选择性地改变马氏体和奥氏体之间以及热区域和冷区域之间的结晶相，以将热梯度转化为机械能。
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公开(公告)号：US20130081933A1
公开(公告)日：2013-04-04
申请号：US13250317
申请日：2011-09-30
申请人： Alan L. Browne , Nancy L. Johnson , Geoffrey P. Mc Knight , Andrew C. Keefe , Guillermo A. Herrera
发明人： Alan L. Browne , Nancy L. Johnson , Geoffrey P. Mc Knight , Andrew C. Keefe , Guillermo A. Herrera
摘要： A reconfigurable bi-stable device includes an elastically deformable panel laterally disposed between and connected to one or more mounting members directly or indirectly connected to opposing ends of the panel, with the panel maintained under compressive force along at least one vector extending between the opposing ends. The compressive force deforms the panel into a one of two stable deformed positions, with the device disposed such that the panel may be moved between each of the two stable deformed positions by application of manual force to one of two opposing faces of the panel. A first shape memory alloy (SMA) or piezo actuator member is connected to the panel, the actuator member being capable of moving the panel from a first one of the two stable deformed positions to a second one of the two stable deformed positions.
摘要翻译： 可重构双稳态装置包括横向设置在直接或间接连接到面板的相对端的一个或多个安装构件之间并且连接到面板的相对端部之间并连接到面板的相对端部的弹性变形板，其中面板沿着在相对端之间延伸的至少一个矢量保持在压缩力 。 压缩力使面板变形为两个稳定的变形位置之一，其中该装置设置成使得面板可以通过对面板的两个相对面之一施加手动力而在两个稳定的变形位置中的每一个之间移动。 第一形状记忆合金（SMA）或压电致动器构件连接到面板，致动器构件能够将面板从两个稳定变形位置中的第一个移动到两个稳定变形位置中的第二个。
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53.发明授权Compartment access system with active material component and method for controlling access to an interior compartment 有权具有活动材料组件的隔室通道系统和用于控制进入内部隔室的方法公开(公告)号：US07500704B2
公开(公告)日：2009-03-10
申请号：US11555288
申请日：2006-11-01
申请人： Guillermo A. Herrera , Paul W. Alexander , Alan L. Browne , Nancy L. Johnson , Andrew C. Keefe , Robert E. Doty
发明人： Guillermo A. Herrera , Paul W. Alexander , Alan L. Browne , Nancy L. Johnson , Andrew C. Keefe , Robert E. Doty
CPC分类号： E05B47/023 , B60R7/06 , C08L2201/12 , E05B17/0058 , E05B47/0009 , E05B47/0011 , E05B53/003 , E05B79/20 , E05B81/64 , E05B83/30 , E05F15/60 , E05Y2201/43 , E05Y2800/67 , E05Y2900/538 , G07C9/00912 , G07C9/00944
摘要： Accessing interior compartments for storage or other purposes is improved by the use of one or more active material components. Activating one or more active material components carries out one or more of the following functions: opening or closing the compartment (which may include cinching a closure) and/or latching or unlatching a closure from a frame. Activation may result from a remote trigger signal. A method is provided for controlling access to an interior compartment that may be carried out by a controller operatively connected to various active material components that unlatch the closure from the frame, close the closure and cinch the closure to the frame, respectively.
摘要翻译： 通过使用一种或多种活性材料组分来改善用于存储或其它目的的内部隔室。 激活一个或多个活性材料部件执行以下功能中的一个或多个：打开或关闭隔室（其可以包括闭合闭合件）和/或从框架锁定或解锁闭合件。 激活可能由远程触发信号引起。 提供了一种用于控制对内部隔间的通路的方法，所述方法可以由可操作地连接到各种活动材料部件的控制器执行，所述控制器分别将闭合件从框架上解开，闭合闭合件并将闭合件分别固定在框架上。
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54.发明申请Compartment access system with active material component and method for controlling access to an interior compartment 有权具有活动材料组件的隔室通道系统和用于控制进入内部隔室的方法公开(公告)号：US20080100079A1
公开(公告)日：2008-05-01
申请号：US11555288
申请日：2006-11-01
申请人： Guillermo A. Herrera , Paul W. Alexander , Alan L. Browne , Nancy L. Johnson , Andrew C. Keefe , Robert E. Doty
发明人： Guillermo A. Herrera , Paul W. Alexander , Alan L. Browne , Nancy L. Johnson , Andrew C. Keefe , Robert E. Doty
CPC分类号： E05B47/023 , B60R7/06 , C08L2201/12 , E05B17/0058 , E05B47/0009 , E05B47/0011 , E05B53/003 , E05B79/20 , E05B81/64 , E05B83/30 , E05F15/60 , E05Y2201/43 , E05Y2800/67 , E05Y2900/538 , G07C9/00912 , G07C9/00944
摘要： Accessing interior compartments for storage or other purposes is improved by the use of one or more active material components. Activating one or more active material components carries out one or more of the following functions: opening or closing the compartment (which may include cinching a closure) and/or latching or unlatching a closure from a frame. Activation may result from a remote trigger signal. A method is provided for controlling access to an interior compartment that may be carried out by a controller operatively connected to various active material components that unlatch the closure from the frame, close the closure and cinch the closure to the frame, respectively.
摘要翻译： 通过使用一种或多种活性材料组分来改善用于存储或其它目的的内部隔室。 激活一个或多个活性材料部件执行以下功能中的一个或多个：打开或关闭隔室（其可以包括闭合闭合件）和/或从框架锁定或解锁闭合件。 激活可能由远程触发信号引起。 提供了一种用于控制对内部隔间的通路的方法，所述方法可以由可操作地连接到各种活动材料部件的控制器执行，所述控制器分别将闭合件从框架上解开，闭合闭合件并将闭合件分别固定在框架上。
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公开(公告)号：US20080034749A1
公开(公告)日：2008-02-14
申请号：US11501405
申请日：2006-08-09
申请人： Ukpai I. Ukpai , Norman K. Bucknor , Xiujie Gao , Alan L. Browne , Nancy L. Johnson , Andrew C. Keefe , Guillermo A. Herrera
发明人： Ukpai I. Ukpai , Norman K. Bucknor , Xiujie Gao , Alan L. Browne , Nancy L. Johnson , Andrew C. Keefe , Guillermo A. Herrera
IPC分类号： F01B29/10
摘要： An active material actuator assembly is provided having first and second active material components operatively connected to a movable member. Movement of the movable member is modulated, which may be due to activation of the first and second active material components being at least partially temporally distinct or the active material components differing in at least one characteristic affecting movement.
摘要翻译： 提供了一种活性材料致动器组件，其具有可操作地连接到可移动构件的第一和第二活性材料部件。 可移动构件的运动被调制，这可能是由于第一和第二活性材料组分的活化至少部分地在时间上不同或活性材料组分在至少一个影响运动的特征中不同。
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公开(公告)号：US08607562B2
公开(公告)日：2013-12-17
申请号：US13340955
申请日：2011-12-30
申请人： Alan L. Browne , Nancy L. Johnson , Andrew C. Keefe , Paul W. Alexander , Peter Maxwell Sarosi , Guillermo A. Herrera , James Ryan Yates
发明人： Alan L. Browne , Nancy L. Johnson , Andrew C. Keefe , Paul W. Alexander , Peter Maxwell Sarosi , Guillermo A. Herrera , James Ryan Yates
IPC分类号： F03G7/06
摘要： A heat engine includes a first rotatable pulley and a second rotatable pulley spaced from the first rotatable pulley. A shape memory alloy (SMA) element is disposed about respective portions of the pulleys at an SMA pulley ratio. The SMA element includes first spring coil and a first fiber core within the first spring coil. A timing cable is disposed about disposed about respective portions of the pulleys at a timing pulley ratio, which is different than the SMA pulley ratio. The SMA element converts a thermal energy gradient between the hot region and the cold region into mechanical energy.
摘要翻译： 热引擎包括与第一可旋转滑轮间隔开的第一可旋转滑轮和第二可旋转滑轮。 形状记忆合金（SMA）元件以SMA滑轮比围绕滑轮的各个部分设置。 SMA元件包括第一弹簧线圈和第一弹簧线圈内的第一纤芯。 定时电缆以与SMA滑轮比不同的正时皮带轮比设置在绕滑轮的各个部分周围设置。 SMA元件将热区域和冷区域之间的热能梯度转换为机械能。
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公开(公告)号：US20120216526A1
公开(公告)日：2012-08-30
申请号：US13340942
申请日：2011-12-30
申请人： Alan L. Browne , Nancy L. Johnson , John Andrew Shaw , Christopher Burton Churchill , Andrew C. Keefe , Geoffrey P. Mc Knight , Paul W. Alexander , Peter Maxwell Sarosi , Nilesh D. Mankame , Wayne Brown , Guillermo A. Herrera , Richard J. Skurkis
发明人： Alan L. Browne , Nancy L. Johnson , John Andrew Shaw , Christopher Burton Churchill , Andrew C. Keefe , Geoffrey P. Mc Knight , Paul W. Alexander , Peter Maxwell Sarosi , Nilesh D. Mankame , Wayne Brown , Guillermo A. Herrera , Richard J. Skurkis
IPC分类号： F03G7/06
CPC分类号： F03G7/065
摘要： An energy harvesting system in thermal communication with a hot region and a cold region includes a hot end heat engine in thermal communication with the hot region, a cold end heat engine in thermal communication with the cold region, and an intermediate heat engine disposed between the hot end heat engine and the cold end heat engine. The hot end heat engine includes a hot end shape memory alloy (SMA) element, the cold end heat engine includes a cold end SMA element disposed, and the intermediate heat engine includes an intermediate SMA element. A hot side of the intermediate SMA element is in thermal communication with a cold side of the hot end SMA element. A cold side of the intermediate SMA element is in thermal communication with a hot side of the cold end SMA element.
摘要翻译： 与热区域和冷区域热连通的能量收集系统包括与热区域热连通的热端热机，与冷区域热连通的冷端热机，以及设置在冷区域之间的中间热机 热端热机和冷端热机。 热端热机包括热端形状记忆合金（SMA）元件，冷端热机包括设置的冷端SMA元件，中间热机包括中间SMA元件。 中间SMA元件的热侧与热端SMA元件的冷侧热连通。 中间SMA元件的冷侧与冷端SMA元件的热侧热连通。
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公开(公告)号：US20120216525A1
公开(公告)日：2012-08-30
申请号：US13340897
申请日：2011-12-30
申请人： Alan L. Browne , Nancy L. Johnson , Nilesh D. Mankame , Paul W. Alexander , John Andrew Shaw , Christopher Burton Churchill , Andrew C. Keefe , Guillermo A. Herrera , Jeffrey W. Brown , Richard J. Skurkis
发明人： Alan L. Browne , Nancy L. Johnson , Nilesh D. Mankame , Paul W. Alexander , John Andrew Shaw , Christopher Burton Churchill , Andrew C. Keefe , Guillermo A. Herrera , Jeffrey W. Brown , Richard J. Skurkis
IPC分类号： F03G7/06
CPC分类号： F03G7/065
摘要： A shape memory alloy (SMA) heat engine includes a first rotatable pulley, a second rotatable pulley, and an SMA material disposed about the first and second rotatable pulleys and between a hot region and a cold region. A method of starting and operating the SMA heat engine includes detecting a thermal energy gradient between the hot region and the cold region using a controller, decoupling an electrical generator from one of the first and second rotatable pulleys, monitoring a speed of the SMA material about the first and second rotatable pulleys, and re-engaging the driven component if the monitored speed of the SMA material exceeds a threshold. The SMA material may selectively change crystallographic phase between martensite and austenite and between the hot region and the cold region to convert the thermal gradient into mechanical energy.
摘要翻译： 形状记忆合金（SMA）热机包括第一可旋转滑轮，第二可旋转滑轮和围绕第一和第二可旋转滑轮设置的热材料区域与冷区域之间的SMA材料。 启动和操作SMA热机的方法包括使用控制器检测热区和冷区之间的热能梯度，将发电机与第一和第二可旋转滑轮中的一个相分离，监测SMA材料的速度约 第一和第二可旋转滑轮，并且如果SMA材料的监测速度超过阈值，则重新接合被驱动部件。 SMA材料可以选择性地改变马氏体和奥氏体之间以及热区域和冷区域之间的结晶相，以将热梯度转化为机械能。
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公开(公告)号：US20120216523A1
公开(公告)日：2012-08-30
申请号：US13340892
申请日：2011-12-30
申请人： Alan L. Browne , Nancy L. Johnson , Nilesh D. Mankame , Paul W. Alexander , John Andrew Shaw , Christopher Burton Churchill , Andrew C. Keefe , Geoffrey P. Mc Knight , Guillermo A. Herrera , Jeffrey W. Brown , Peter Maxwell Sarosi , Richard J. Skurkis
发明人： Alan L. Browne , Nancy L. Johnson , Nilesh D. Mankame , Paul W. Alexander , John Andrew Shaw , Christopher Burton Churchill , Andrew C. Keefe , Geoffrey P. Mc Knight , Guillermo A. Herrera , Jeffrey W. Brown , Peter Maxwell Sarosi , Richard J. Skurkis
IPC分类号： F03G7/06
CPC分类号： F03G7/065
摘要： An energy harvesting system for converting thermal energy to mechanical energy includes a heat engine that operates using a shape memory alloy active material. The shape memory alloy member may be in thermal communication with a hot region at a first temperature and a cold region at a second temperature lower than the first temperature. The shape memory alloy material may be configured to selectively change crystallographic phase between martensite to austenite and thereby one of contract and expand in response to the first and second temperatures. A driven component, such as an electric generator, may be selectively coupled with the heat engine through a coupling device, which may be controlled via a controller.
摘要翻译： 用于将热能转换为机械能的能量收集系统包括使用形状记忆合金活性材料操作的热机。 形状记忆合金构件可以在第一温度的热区域和低于第一温度的第二温度的冷区域热连通。 形状记忆合金材料可以被配置为选择性地改变马氏体与奥氏体之间的结晶相，从而响应于第一和第二温度而收缩和膨胀。 诸如发电机的被驱动部件可以通过耦合装置选择性地与热力发动机耦合，耦合装置可以通过控制器来控制。
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公开(公告)号：US07823382B2
公开(公告)日：2010-11-02
申请号：US11501405
申请日：2006-08-09
申请人： Ukpai I. Ukpai , Norman K. Bucknor , Xiujie Gao , Alan L. Browne , Nancy L. Johnson , Andrew C. Keefe , Guillermo A. Herrera
发明人： Ukpai I. Ukpai , Norman K. Bucknor , Xiujie Gao , Alan L. Browne , Nancy L. Johnson , Andrew C. Keefe , Guillermo A. Herrera
摘要： An active material actuator assembly is provided having first and second active material components operatively connected to a movable member. Movement of the movable member is modulated, which may be due to activation of the first and second active material components being at least partially temporally distinct or the active material components differing in at least one characteristic affecting movement.
摘要翻译： 提供了一种活性材料致动器组件，其具有可操作地连接到可移动构件的第一和第二活性材料部件。 可移动构件的运动被调制，这可能是由于第一和第二活性材料组分的活化至少部分地在时间上不同或活性材料组分在至少一个影响运动的特征中不同。
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