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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 21, 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); G02B 27/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03G 7/06143 (2021.08); G02B 27/646 (2013.01); G03B 2205/0076 (2013.01);
Abstract
An SMA actuator assembly () comprising: first and second parts () that are movable relative to each other; and an SMA wire () arranged, on contraction, to drive relative movement of the first and second parts; and a heat transfer material () arranged between the first and second parts and around at least a portion of the SMA wire so as to transfer heat between the SMA wire and first and/or second parts, wherein the heat transfer material is configured to deform so as to allow relative movement of the first and second parts.