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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022

Filed:

May. 28, 2019
Applicant:

Sunfolding, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Kyle Douglass Betts, San Francisco, CA (US);

Saul Thomas Griffith, San Francisco, CA (US);

Jeffrey Charles Lamb, San Francisco, CA (US);

Peter Sturt Lynn, Alameda, CA (US);

Leila Marcia Madrone, Sebastopol, CA (US);

Matthew Ness Schneider, Sierra Madre, CA (US);

Kevin Patrick Simon, Somerville, MA (US);

Louis Basel, Berkeley, CA (US);

Victoria Hammett Macomber, San Francisco, CA (US);

Dan Goldwater, Amherst, MA (US);

Assignee:

SUNFOLDING, INC., San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02S 20/32 (2014.01); F24S 30/425 (2018.01); F24S 25/12 (2018.01); F15B 15/10 (2006.01); F24S 30/00 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02S 20/32 (2014.12); F15B 15/10 (2013.01); F24S 25/12 (2018.05); F24S 30/425 (2018.05); F24S 2030/11 (2018.05); F24S 2030/19 (2018.05);
Abstract

An actuator comprising a bottom plate, a top-plate and one or more hub assembly extending between and rotatably coupling the bottom and top plates. The actuator also includes one or more bellows units disposed between the top plate and bottom plate, the one or more bellows units comprising a first and second inflatable bellows coupled by a web extending between the first and second bellows, the first and second bellows defining respective and separate first and second bellows cavities, with the first bellows of the bellows units disposed on a first side of the bottom plate, and the second bellows of the bellows units disposed on a second side of the bottom plate, opposing the first side, and between the top and bottom plates.


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