Shape memory alloy actuator
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Sep 7, 2010
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Jan 15, 2009
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Jul 7, 2008
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Jul 10, 2007
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To provide a shape memory alloy actuator using a shape memory alloy that mechanically restrains a moving body in position to prevent oscillation, the actuator has a moving body pushing member adapted to be capable of abutting to the moving body, a bias spring for the moving body pushing member that exerts an external force on the moving body pushing member in the direction opposite to the direction of change in the shape of a shape memory wire caused by heating, a bias spring for the moving body that exerts an external force on the moving body in the direction same as the direction of change, a first stopper that restricts the movement of the moving body to a predetermined position upon cooling. One end of the shape memory wire is fixed, the other end is mechanically linked with the moving body pushing member. The moving body pushing member and the moving body are moved by deformation caused by heating, and the moving body and the moving body pushing member are separated, when the moving body is stopped at the position of the first stopper.
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