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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2021
Cambridge Mechatronics Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Robert Langhorne, Cambridge, GB;
Robin Eddington, Cambridge, GB;
James Howarth, Cambridge, GB;
Andrew Benjamin Simpson Brown, Cambridge, GB;
CAMBRIDGE MECHATRONICS LIMITED, Cambridge, GB;
Abstract
A shape memory alloy (SMA) actuator assembly comprising: a support structure (); a moveable part () moveable relative to the support structure; at least one SMA wire () having a first portion and a second portion respectively attached to the support structure and the moveable part, the said SMA wire is configured to, on contraction, drive movement in the moveable part at least in a primary axis along which the shortest side of the SMA actuator assembly extends; an intermediate component () engaging the SMA wire at a location between the first and second portions, the second portion of the SMA wire being arranged at an oblique angle to both the primary axis and the first portion of the SMA wire.