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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2004
William Barvosa-carter, Ventura, CA (US);
Cameron Massey, Hawthorne, CA (US);
William Barvosa-Carter, Ventura, CA (US);
Cameron Massey, Hawthorne, CA (US);
HRL Laboratories, LLC, Malibu, CA (US);
Abstract
A power-off hold element for operating in cooperation with an actuator is disclosed. The power-off hold element comprises a material having selectively adjustable rigidity wherein a position or shape of said material is adjustable when energy is applied to increase the temperature of the material above a temperature where the material becomes flexible and the material is rigid in a position or shape when the temperature of the material decreases below the temperature where the material becomes flexible. Also disclosed is a process for operating a power-off hold element for operating in cooperation with an actuator.