L&p Property Management Company

Jianlin Zhang

Horia Blendea

Maxime Samain

Milosz Niec

Wade O'Moore

Sigurd Sturm

Bradley Michael James Morris

Martin Kalmutzki

Krzysztof Zulauf

A valve () includes a housing () and the fluid port (). A plunger () is configured to seal the fluid port () in a first position () and to unseal the fluid port () in a second position and to displace along a displacement direction () from its first position () towards its second position. The valve () also includes at least one shape memory alloy, SMA, actuator () extending along the displacement direction () for at least 50% of its length and configured to exert an actuation force () on the plunger () to displace the plunger () from the first position () towards the second position.

Valve with shape memory alloy wire

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Windsor, CA, United States of America

Jianlin Zhang