ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,585,137, issued on March 24, was assigned to CAMBRIDGE MECHATRONICS Ltd. (Cambridge, Great Britain).
"Shape memory alloy actuator assembly" was invented by Robin Eddington (Cambridge, Great Britain), Kiran Auchoybur (Cambridge, Great Britain), Valerio Polenta (Cambridge, Great Britain), Konstantinos Pantelidis (Cambridge, Great Britain) and Jae Hee Kim Kang (Cambridge, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuator assembly (140) comprises first and second parts. A first axis (Z) is defined with reference to the second part. The actuator assembly (140) comprises shape-memory alloy wire (80) connected between the first and seco...