ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,872, issued on April 21, was assigned to Guillaume Savoie-Lavigueur (Coteau-du-lac, Canada).
"Actuated fishing lure" was invented by Guillaume Savoie-Lavigueur (Coteau-du-lac, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "an animated fishing lure is, generally disclosed. The fishing lure includes a shape memory alloy (SMA) actuator system, a lure body and a controller. The shape memory alloy (SMA) actuator system is generally positioned within the lure body and includes a flexible non-compressive base and an actuator wire made of SMA located on either side of the base. Each actuator wire is connected to a controller. Inducing electrical cur...