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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2011
David Eric Schwartz, San Carlos, CA (US);
Sean Roark Garner, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dirk DE Bruyker, San Jose, CA (US);
Ricardo Santos Roque, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David Eric Schwartz, San Carlos, CA (US);
Sean Roark Garner, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dirk De Bruyker, San Jose, CA (US);
Ricardo Santos Roque, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A heat switch has a first contact, a plug of thermally conductive material, and a mechanical actuator attached to the plug of thermally conductive material, the mechanical actuator arranged to move the plug into contact with the first contact in a first position and to move the plug out of contact with the first contact in a second position responsive to an input signal.