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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2020
Rapitag Gmbh, Munich, DE;
Sebastian Müller, Munich, DE;
Alexander Schneider, Munich, DE;
rapitag GmbH, Munich, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to an actuator element (), comprising an actuator (), which comprises a shape memory alloy and is designed to shorten or extend itself in the longitudinal extension direction thereof when in an excited state; an electronic control unit, which has a carrier element () and a plurality of electronic components () for exciting the actuator () on the basis of a control signal; and a movable component (), which is coupled to the actuator and is movable by means of the actuator () relative to the carrier element (); wherein the carrier element () defines a guide portion (), in particular a dimensionally stable guide portion, by means of which the actuator () is guided along the longitudinal extension direction thereof.