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公开(公告)号:US20170194553A1
公开(公告)日:2017-07-06
申请号:US15316251
申请日:2015-06-05
发明人: Peter G. Ifju , Jason T. Cantrell
CPC分类号: H01L41/09 , B32B37/144 , F03G7/065 , F16D2121/32
摘要: A unimorph composite actuator (UCA) has a deformable substrate that has a lateral curvature relative to an axis or curve of the substrate and at least one shape memory material (SMM) attached to at least a portion of a face of the substrate. The curvature of the substrate assists the restoration of the original structure after being fixed in a deformed conformation. The SMM can be a shape memory polymer (SMP).