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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2021
Cambridge Mechatronics Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Andrew Benjamin Simpson Brown, Cambridge, GB;
James Howarth, Cambridge, GB;
Robert Langhorne, Cambridge, GB;
René Kist, Cambridge, GB;
CAMBRIDGE MECHATRONICS LIMITED, Cambridge, GB;
Abstract
A shape memory alloy (SMA) actuator comprising: a support structure (); a moveable part () movable relative to the support structure; plural SMA components () connecting the support structure and the movable part, the SMA components are operable to controllably change the position and/or orientation of the moveable part in two or more degrees of freedom; a controller () for controlling the operation of the SMA components in a first operating mode during normal operation and a second operating mode in response to an event; and means configured to, during the second operating mode, maintain at least partial control of the moveable part with a subset of the plural SMA components.