Actuator system and use of an actuator system
AssigneeETO Magnetic GmbH
InventorsMarkus Laufenberg, Thomas Schiepp
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Abstract
An actuator device has at least one actuator element which at least in part is composed of a magnetically shape-shiftable material, and has a magnet unit which comprises at least one first magnetic element that is implemented as a coil unit and at least one second magnetic element that is implemented as a permanent magnet, at least the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element are configured for interacting in at least one operating state so as to cause a local deformation of the actuator element in a partial region of the actuator element.
Claims19
An actuator device having at least one actuator element which at least in part is composed of a magnetically shape-shiftable material, and having a magnet unit which comprises at least one first magnetic element that is implemented as a coil unit and at least one second magnetic element that is implemented as a permanent magnet, wherein at least the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element are configured for interacting in at least one operating state so as to cause a local deformation of the actuator element in a partial region of the actuator element, wherein the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element are configured for interacting in at least one further operating state so as to cause a local deformation of the actuator element in a further partial region of the actuator element that at least in part is different from the partial region and wherein the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element are configured for generating a variable magnetic field so as to cause a movement of the local deformation from the partial region to the further partial region.
A method with an actuator device, wherein the actuator device has at least one actuator element, which at least in part is composed of a magnetically shape-shiftable material, and has a magnetic unit which comprises at least one first magnetic element that is embodied as a coil unit, and at least one second magnetic element that is embodied as a permanent magnet, wherein the actuator element is locally deformed in a partial region at least by means of an interaction of the first magnetic element and of the second magnetic element, wherein the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element interact in at least one further operating state so as to cause a local deformation of the actuator element in a further partial region of the actuator element that at least in part is different from the partial region and wherein the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element generate a variable magnetic field so as to cause a movement of the local deformation from the partial region to the further partial region.
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