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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2007
Applicants:
Gal Eshed, Nesher, IL;
Nir Karasikov, Haifa, IL;
Allan C. Entis, Tel Aviv, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 41/053 (2006.01); H02N 2/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Apparatus for coupling a piezoelectric motor to a moveable body, the motor having a coupling surface for coupling to the moveable body, the apparatus comprising: at least one elastic element that provides at least a portion of a coupling force for pressing the coupling surface of the piezoelectric motor to the moveable body; and at least one shape memory component that is controllable to change shape and/or phase; wherein the at least a portion of the coupling force provided by an elastic element of the at least one elastic element changes responsive to changes in shape and/or phase of the at least one memory component.