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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2022
Applicant:
Cambridge Mechatronics Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Inventor:
Andrew Benjamin Simpson Brown, Cambridge, GB;
Assignee:
CAMBRIDGE MECHATRONICS LIMITED, Cambridge, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03G 7/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03G 7/06143 (2021.08); F03G 7/0616 (2021.08);
Abstract
An actuator assembly comprising a support structure; a movable part that is movable relative to the support structure in at least two degrees of freedom; an arrangement of superelastic SMA elements arranged, on actuation, to move the movable part in the at least two degrees of freedom relative to the support structure, wherein the hysteretic properties of the superelastic SMA elements are configured to hold the movable part in position when the superelastic SMA elements are not actuated.