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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2017
L&p Property Management Company, South Gate, CA (US);
Maxime Samain, Harelbeke, BE;
Bradley Michael James Morris, Windsor, CA;
Milosz Niec, Tecumseh, CA;
Sigurd Sturm, Nuremberg, DE;
Horia Blendea, LaSalle, CA;
Wade O'Moore, Belle River, CA;
Krzysztof Zulauf, Windsor, CA;
Jianlin Zhang, Windsor, CA;
Martin Kalmutzki, Schwabach, DE;
L&P PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY, South Gate, CA (US);
Abstract
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.