A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
MATERIAL-ACTUATED LAUNCH AND RECOVERY DOORS
A material-actuated door includes a door housing including a flexible material; and one or more least one Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) actuators embedded in the door housing. Each SMA actuator is elastically biased in a first actuator physical state and is configured to transition into a second actuator physical state in response to receiving electrical current. The material-actuated door is transitioned into a first door position in response to disconnecting the electrical current to the at least one SMA actuator, and is transitioned into a second door position in response to delivering the electrical current to the at least one SMA actuator.
MATERIAL-ACTUATED LAUNCH AND RECOVERY DOORS
A material-actuated door includes a door housing including a flexible material; and one or more least one Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) actuators embedded in the door housing. Each SMA actuator is elastically biased in a first actuator physical state and is configured to transition into a second actuator physical state in response to receiving electrical current. The material-actuated door is transitioned into a first door position in response to disconnecting the electrical current to the at least one SMA actuator, and is transitioned into a second door position in response to delivering the electrical current to the at least one SMA actuator.
MATERIAL-ACTUATED LAUNCH AND RECOVERY DOORS
COLLINS ROBERT ANDREW (author) / POST JOSEPH WILLIAM (author) / QUINN TIMOTHY M (author) / STUSSE JAMES JOSEPH (author) / CONEY WILLIAM B (author)
2024-02-22
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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