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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2009
Applicants:
Masoud Hashemi, Canton, MI (US);
Dylan Schickel, Canton, MI (US);
Inventors:
Masoud Hashemi, Canton, MI (US);
Dylan Schickel, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Van Buren Township, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 33/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An actuator system for a lighting system includes a shape memory alloy coupled to a component of the lighting system to control an actuation of the component and thereby produce a plurality of light patterns and an electrical control circuit in electrical communication with the shape memory alloy to selectively provide an electrical current to the shape memory alloy for controlling a physical property of the shape memory alloy and thereby the motion of the component of the lighting system.