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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2019
Steelcase Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Christopher Norman, Byron Center, MI (US);
Timothy Swieter, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Ryan E. Schmidt, Rockford, MI (US);
Mark McKenna, East Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Robert Scheper, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Bruce Smith, East Grand Rapids, MI (US);
STEELCASE INC., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Abstract
An office system including a first component and a second component moveable relative to the first component. A distance and/or force multiplier is disposed between and coupled to the first and second components. The distance and/or force multiplier includes a shape memory material, wherein the shape memory material is contractible between at least a non-energized state and an energized state in response to an application of energy. The distance and/or force multiplier moves the second component relative to the first component when the shape memory material is contracted to the energized state.