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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2016
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Maki Hiraoka, Nara, JP;
Katsuhiko Asai, Nara, JP;
Yuriko Kaneko, Nara, JP;
Hidekazu Arase, Hyogo, JP;
Atsushi Omote, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03G 7/06 (2006.01); A61F 2/08 (2006.01); A61F 7/00 (2006.01); A61L 27/16 (2006.01); A61L 27/30 (2006.01); A61L 27/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/08 (2013.01); A61F 7/00 (2013.01); A61L 27/16 (2013.01); A61L 27/306 (2013.01); A61L 27/50 (2013.01); F03G 7/06 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0894 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0071 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0069 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0091 (2013.01); A61F 2240/001 (2013.01); A61L 2430/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides an actuator, comprising a fiber and a temperature regulator capable of at least one of heating and cooling the fiber. The fiber is twisted around a longitudinal axis thereof. The fiber is folded so as to have a shape of a cylindrical coil. The fiber is formed of linear low-density polyethylene. The following mathematical formula (I) is satisfied: D/d<1 (I), where D represents a mean diameter of the cylindrical coil; and d represents a diameter of the fiber.