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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2022
Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Charles Burton Swope, Coral Springs, FL (US);
Matthew B. Hayes, Wheaton, IL (US);
Robert E. Beach, Los Altos, CA (US);
Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Abstract
An effector assembly includes: a segment defining a conduit between proximal and distal ends and containing a slidable output member; a first shape-memory transducer affixed between the proximal end and the output member; a second shape-memory transducer affixed between the distal end and the output member; an electrical subassembly to selectively supply current to bias the first transducer to a first memory state and bias the second transducer to a second deformed state, for sliding the output member in a first direction, or bias the second transducer to a second memory state and bias the first transducer to a first deformed state, for sliding the output member in a second direction; a second segment movably coupled to the distal end; and a linkage between the output member and the second segment, to move the second segment relative to the segment in response to sliding of the output member.