POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT, RELATED ACTUATOR AND METHOD OF SUPPLYING A LOAD

    公开(公告)号:US20240186913A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-06

    申请号:US18568930

    申请日:2022-09-28

    发明人: Salvatore COCO

    摘要: A power supply circuit for supplying a load, which may be a SMA component or a piezoelectric component, may use short high-voltage pulses to achieve fast heating of the load and, in order to comply with functional requirements, the SMA or piezoelectric component should not be supplied by connecting it directly to an electric line at a relatively high voltage. It is also disclosed an actuator comprising a power supply circuit of this disclosure and at least one load, comprising at least one smart materials chosen between a piezoelectric device and a a shape memory alloy (SMA) component, and a method of supplying a load comprising the steps of: connecting the AC to DC voltage converter of the power supply circuit to the AC mains by closing the input switch for charging a tank capacitor of the converter and, at the same time, opening the output switch for disconnecting the load from the tank capacitor: disconnecting the AC to DC voltage converter of the power supply circuit from the AC mains by opening the input switch and, at the same time, closing the output switch to supply the load by discharging the tank capacitor.

    Shape memory alloy wire thermostatic torsional actuator and valve including it

    公开(公告)号:US11015584B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-25

    申请号:US16961326

    申请日:2019-03-11

    IPC分类号: F03G7/06

    摘要: Thermostatic shape memory alloy torsional actuator comprising a torsional shape memory alloy wire (1) connecting a stationary element (2) with a rotatable element (3) so as to move the latter between a rest position and an operating position, and a return element (11) acting on the rotatable element (3) so as to move the latter between said operating position and said rest position, and fluid control thermostatic valves comprising such torsional actuator.

    Getter pump
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US09638183B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-05-02

    申请号:US14370015

    申请日:2013-09-24

    摘要: A getter pump is described. The getter pump has a casing, whose shape is a solid of revolution with a revolution axis, and a plurality of getter cartridges mounted within the getter pump casing, each cartridge having a linear central support and spaced getter elements mounted on the linear central support. A getter cartridge orientation plane containing the linear central support and parallel to the revolution axis, and a getter cartridge positioning plane orthogonal to the revolution axis and intersecting the midpoint of a linear central support are defined. For each cartridge, the angle formed by the getter cartridge positioning plane with the linear control supports is equal to or less than 30°.