G02B 6/358
Latching of the moving element, i.e. maintaining or holding the moving element
Official title: {Latching of the moving element, i.e. maintaining or holding the moving element in place once operation has been performed; includes a mechanically bistable system}
G02B6/358 (Latching of the moving element, i.e. maintaining or holding the moving element) appears on 311 US grants and 187 published applications in this corpus.
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- Thin film shape memory alloy and method for producing411US 4,864,824 AAmerican Telephone and Telegraph Company, AT&T Bell Laboratories · 1989
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- Optical switch using bubbles146US 4,988,157 ABell Communications Research, Inc. · 1991
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