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Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2023

Filed:

Dec. 17, 2019
Applicants:

Actuator Solutions Gmbh, Gunzenhausen, DE;

Alfmeier Präzision SE, Treuchtlingen, DE;

Inventors:

Markus Koepfer, Stoedtlen-Regelsweiler, DE;

Erich Doerfler, Landsberg, DE;

Assignees:

ACTUATOR SOLUTIONS GMBH, Gunzenhausen, DE;

ALFMEIER PRÄZISION SE, Treuchtlingen, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 31/00 (2006.01); F03G 7/06 (2006.01); F16K 11/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03G 7/06143 (2021.08); F16K 11/22 (2013.01); F16K 31/002 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention is inherent to an actuator subassembly comprising at least one bendable slender structure () mounted on a stationary body base () and carrying on a first surface an installation feature () and a plug () in its distal portion, the bending of the slender structure () being controlled by a shape memory alloy wire () through coupling means () located in its distal portion on a second surface opposite to the first surface. The invention also concerns a fluidic valve incorporating such an actuator subassembly.


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