VALVE CONFIGURED FOR REGULATING THE FLOW OF FLUID FROM A TRANSMISSION TO A COOLER
    56.
    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。

    Joining or fastening components containing a shape memory polymer
    57.
    发明授权
    Joining or fastening components containing a shape memory polymer 有权
    连接或紧固包含形状记忆聚合物的组件

    公开(公告)号:US08438714B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-05-14

    申请号:US12703337

    申请日:2010-02-10

    IPC分类号: B23P11/02 F16B4/00

    摘要: A releasable connection connects a first component to a second component. The second component includes and is manufactured from a Shape Memory Polymer (SMP), and defines a pocket. The first component includes a portion disposed within the pocket. The pocket is deformed from an initial shape permitting insertion of the portion into the pocket to assembly the releasable connection into a connected shape wherein the pocket is deformed to secure the first component relative to the second component. The pocket is transformed from the initial shape into the connected shape by heating the SMP material of the second component to a switching temperature. Re-heating the SMP second component to the switching temperature returns the pocket back to the initial shape from the connected shape to disassembly the releasable connection.

    摘要翻译: 可释放的连接将第一部件连接到第二部件。 第二组件包括并由形状记忆聚合物(SMP)制成,并且定义了一个口袋。 第一部件包括设置在口袋内的部分。 口袋从初始形状变形,允许将该部分插入口袋中以将可释放连接件组装成连接形状,其中口袋变形以相对于第二部件固定第一部件。 通过将第二组分的SMP材料加热到开关温度,将口袋从初始形状转变为连接形状。 将SMP第二部件重新加热至开关温度,将口袋从连接形状返回到初始形状,以拆卸可拆卸连接。

    HEAT ENGINE SYSTEM
    60.
    发明申请
    HEAT ENGINE SYSTEM 有权
    热发动机系统

    公开(公告)号:US20110120116A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-05-26

    申请号:US12947917

    申请日:2010-11-17

    IPC分类号: F02G1/04

    CPC分类号: F03G7/065

    摘要: A heat engine system configured for converting thermal energy to mechanical energy includes a source of thermal energy provided by a temperature difference between a heat source having a first temperature and a heat sink having a second temperature that is lower than the first temperature. The heat engine is configured for converting thermal energy to mechanical energy and includes an element formed from a first shape memory alloy having a crystallographic phase changeable between austenite and martensite at a first transformation temperature in response to the temperature difference between the heat source and the heat sink. The heat engine system also includes a start-up mechanism configured for inducing initial movement of the element in a desired operational direction to thereby start the heat engine.

    摘要翻译: 构造成将热能转换为机械能的热引擎系统包括由具有第一温度的热源和具有低于第一温度的第二温度的散热器之间的温度差提供的热能源。 热机被配置为将热能转换为机械能,并且包括由第一形状记忆合金形成的元件,该第一形状记忆合金具有响应于热源和热源之间的温度差在第一相变温度下在奥氏体和马氏体之间变化的结晶相 水槽。 热机系统还包括启动机构,其被构造成用于引导元件在期望的操作方向上的初始移动,从而起动热机。