Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Actuator device, actuator band, and method for manufacturing actuator band
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Application No.: US16935180Application Date: 2020-07-21
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Publication No.: US11952683B2Publication Date: 2024-04-09
- Inventor: Yuriko Kaneko , Maki Hiraoka
- Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Rimon P.C.
- Priority: JP 18104383 2018.05.31 JP 19024082 2019.02.14
- Main IPC: D02G3/38
- IPC: D02G3/38 ; D04B1/14 ; D04B1/22 ; D04B21/20 ; D04C1/06 ; H05B3/56

Abstract:
The present disclosure provides an actuator device having a large ratio of contraction ratio to initial tension. The actuator device according to the present disclosure comprises an actuator band and a control device. The actuator band is formed by braiding, knitting, or weaving a plurality of actuator single wires. The plurality of the actuator single wires each comprise an actuator wire and a mesh-shaped heating element which covers a side surface of the actuator wire. The actuator wire is formed of a polymer fiber. The fiber is twisted around the long axis thereof and folded so as to have a cylindrical coil shape. The control device is configured to supply electric power for heating the mesh-shaped heating element. The actuator band is heated to be contracted along the longitudinal direction thereof.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200347525A1 ACTUATOR DEVICE, ACTUATOR BAND, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ACTUATOR BAND Public/Granted day:2020-11-05
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