US 12,117,739 B2 · Thermo-mechanical actuator

Abstract

Disclosed is a thermo-mechanical actuator (100) comprising a piezo¬electric module (110), the piezo-electric module comprising at least one piezo-electric element (120), wherein the thermo-mechanical actuator is configured to: •o receive a thermal actuation signal (132) for controlling a thermal behaviour of the piezo-electric module, or •o provide a thermal sensing signal (132) representative of a thermal state of the piezo-electric module, and, wherein the thermo-mechanical actuator is configured to: •o receive a mechanical actuation (134) signal for controlling a mechanical behaviour of the piezo-electric module, or •o provide a mechanical sensing signal (134) representative of a mechanical state of the piezo-electric module.

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Dependent claims

A thermo-mechanical actuator, comprising:

a piezo-electric module having at least one piezo-electric element,
wherein the thermo-mechanical actuator is configured to:
receive a thermal actuation signal for controlling a thermal behaviour of the piezo-electric module, or provide a thermal sensing signal representative of a thermal state of the piezo-electric module;
and
receive a mechanical actuation signal for controlling a mechanical behaviour of the piezo-electric module, or provide a mechanical sensing signal representative of a mechanical state of the piezo-electric module,
wherein the thermal actuation signal is configured to create a heat flux within the piezo-electric module, and
wherein the mechanical actuation signal is configured to deform the piezo-electric module.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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