US Patent Issued to STARDUST REDUX on June 23 for "Integrated planar SMA device and method" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,994, issued on June 23, was assigned to STARDUST REDUX LLC (Burnsvile).

"Integrated planar SMA device and method" was invented by Alex Amelia Kuehn (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates generally to a reusable actuating device utilizing multiple integrated planar shape memory alloy elements integrated with independent driver circuits and at least one return spring integrated onto a single multi-layer PCB with a novel layout to create an electrically and mechanically redundant integrated actuator solution uniquely suited for use in low-profile devices that can be utilized by themselves or as an initiato...