Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Artificial muscle device and wearable robot having the same
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Application No.: US16782447Application Date: 2020-02-05
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Publication No.: US11696865B2Publication Date: 2023-07-11
- Inventor: Dongseon Jang
- Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
- Current Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Agency: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
- Priority: KR 20190100231 2019.08.16
- Main IPC: A61H1/02
- IPC: A61H1/02 ; B25J9/10 ; H05B3/00

Abstract:
Provided is an artificial muscle device, including a plurality of heat transfer modules including a thermal conductive body in which a plurality of tunnels parallel to each other and a thermoelectric element contacting an outer surface of the thermal conductive body, a connection member connecting a first heat transfer module to a second heat transfer module, the connection member being folded or unfolded according to a distance between the first heat transfer module and the second heat transfer module, a thermal reaction driving member passing through each of the tunnels, the thermal reaction driving member being stretched or contracted in a longitudinal direction of the tunnel according to a temperature of the thermal reaction driving member, and a power transmission part connected to an end of the thermal reaction driving member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210045954A1 ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE DEVICE AND WEARABLE ROBOT HAVING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2021-02-18
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