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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2018
Metis Design Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Embraer S.a., São José dos Campos, BR;
Seth S. Kessler, Newton, MA (US);
Fabio Santos da Silva, São Jose dos Campos, BR;
Rodrigo Carlana da Silva, São Jose dos Campos, BR;
Cassio Wallner, São Jose dos Campos, BR;
Paulo Anchieta da Silva, São Jose dos Campos, BR;
Estelle Cohen, Brookline, MA (US);
Metis Design Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Embraer S.A., Sao Jose dos Campos, BR;
Abstract
Exemplary embodiments are directed to thermally driven actuator systems including a thermally driven element and one or more heating elements coupled to and in thermal contact with the thermally driven element. The thermally driven element can be capable of being selectively reconfigured in shape based on a thermal strain or temperature driven phase change. The one or more heating elements can be configured to selectively and independently apply heat to one or more of a plurality of different regions of the thermally driven element to selectively raise a temperature or temperatures of the selected region or regions of the thermally driven element to selectively reconfigure the shape of the thermally driven element.