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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2001
R. Sjhon Minners, San Jose, CA (US);
Simpler Networks, Saint-Laurent, CA;
Abstract
The present invention provides a bistable switch using a shape memory alloy, and a method for manufacturing the same. More specifically, the bistable switch includes a substrate having at least one power source; a flexible sheet having a first distal end attached to the substrate; a bridge contact formed at a second and opposite distal end of the flexible sheet; and at least one heat activated element connected to a first surface of the flexible sheet and between the second distal end and the power source. During operation, current from the power source passing through the heat activated element to indirectly bend the flexible sheet and short the signal contacts on the substrate with a sustainable force.