Saes Getters S.p.a.

Davide Frigerio

Marco Citro

Stefano Alacqua

Michele Scarlata

Matteo Mazzoni

Actuator assemblies comprising a core made up of a shape memory alloy wire and a coating containing a distribution of Phase Changing Material (PCM) particles with a given weight ratio between said particles and said shape memory alloy wire, and active cloths incorporating one or more of said actuator assemblies.

Actuator assemblies comprising shape memory alloy wires and a coating with phase changing materials particles

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

Shape memory alloy wire thermostatic torsional actuator and valve including it

The present invention relates to a heat shielding composite cloth () comprising at least one pair of layers () movably connected to each other by one or more Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) wires (). The invention also relates to garments incorporating such heat shielding composite cloth ().

Heat shielding composite cloth

A lock for closing a door with respect to a frame. The lock includes a lock body mounted on the door and a striker mounted on the frame, or vice versa. The lock body includes a catch element mounted so as to rotate between a striker keep position and a striker release position; elastic means suitable for driving the catch element from the striker keep position to the striker release position; a lever suitable for moving between two positions, a closing position in which it maintains the catch element in the striker keep position and an opening position in which it is disengaged from the catch element; and a service actuator suitable for applying a force f on the lever so as to bring it from the closing position to the opening position. The lock body further includes an emergency SMA actuator suitable for applying a force on the lever so as to bring it from the closing position to the opening position. The SMA actuator can apply a force higher than 100 N and including blocking means for allowing the force to be applied on the lever only when the force exceeds a predetermined threshold value.

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Inverigo, Italy

Davide Frigerio