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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015

Filed:

Jul. 22, 2010
Applicants:

Garrett Lewis, Pearland, TX (US);

Gangbing Song, Pearland, TX (US);

Devendra Patil, Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Garrett Lewis, Pearland, TX (US);

Gangbing Song, Pearland, TX (US);

Devendra Patil, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F15B 5/00 (2006.01); E21B 33/035 (2006.01); F16D 31/02 (2006.01); F15B 15/08 (2006.01); F16K 31/00 (2006.01); F15B 1/02 (2006.01); F03G 7/06 (2006.01); B25J 9/10 (2006.01); E21B 33/064 (2006.01); E21B 41/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F15B 5/006 (2013.01); B25J 9/1085 (2013.01); E21B 33/0355 (2013.01); E21B 33/064 (2013.01); E21B 41/0007 (2013.01); F03G 7/06 (2013.01); F03G 7/065 (2013.01); F15B 1/02 (2013.01); F15B 15/088 (2013.01); F16D 31/02 (2013.01); F16K 31/002 (2013.01); F05D 2300/505 (2013.01); Y10S 33/19 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system, in certain embodiments, includes an accumulator having a first plate with a first plurality of holes and a second plate with a second plurality of holes. The second plate is positioned at an offset from the first plate, and the second plate is moveable relative to the first plate to adjust a fluid pressure. The accumulator also includes a plurality of shape memory alloy wires extending between the first and second plates, wherein the plurality of shape memory alloy wires extend through the first and second plurality of holes.


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