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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022
Filed:
May. 28, 2019
Sunfolding, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
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);
SUNFOLDING, INC., San Francisco, CA (US);
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.