US Patent Issued to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND on Oct. 20 for "Actuator formed of thermally adaptive material and a thermoelectric junction" (New York, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,772,732, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Actuator formed of thermally adaptive material and a thermoelectric junction" was invented by Viktor Kilchyk (Lancaster, N.Y.) and Brent J. Merritt (Southwick, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuator, having: an actuator body extending between an actuator top and an actuator bottom, a top actuator support located at the actuator top and a bottom actuator support located at the actuator bottom, wherein the actuator body includes: a wall defining an outer boundary and extending longitudinally from a first end to a second end and transversely ...