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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2023
Applicant:
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
Michael P. Rowe, Pinckney, MI (US);
Maduran Palaniswamy, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F15B 7/08 (2006.01); F03G 7/06 (2006.01); H01B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F15B 7/08 (2013.01); F03G 7/06143 (2021.08); F03G 7/0646 (2021.08); H01B 5/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hybrid actuation device including a first plate and a second plate coupled to the first plate, a shape memory alloy wire coupled to the first plate and the second plate, a bladder positioned between the first plate and the second plate, the bladder housing a fluid, a first fixed electrode coupled to the second plate, and a flexible electrode coupled to the first plate and extending along the first fixed electrode.