ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,177, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to CAMBRIDGE MECHATRONICS Ltd. (Cambridge, Great Britain).
"Shape memory alloy actuation apparatus" was invented by Andrew Brown (Cambridge, Great Britain), Stephen Bunting (Cambridge, Great Britain), Daniel Burbridge (Cambridge, Great Britain), Oliver Hart (Cambridge, Great Britain), Nicholas Heijne (Cambridge, Great Britain), James Howarth (Cambridge, Great Britain) and Marc-Sebastian Scholz (Cambridge, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shape memory alloy actuation apparatus comprises a support structure (2) and a movable element (10). A helical bearing arrangement (20) supporting t...