Systems and methods for piezo valves
AssigneeAventics GmbH
InventorsSascha Römer, Marc Mueller
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Abstract
A method for assembling a piezo valve can include providing a cable having first and second contacts, forming a pocket between the first and second contacts, inserting at least a portion of a piezo element into the pocket, electrically coupling the first contact to a first layer of the piezo element, and electrically coupling the second contact to a second layer of the piezo element. Forming the pocket between the first and second contacts can include moving the second contact from a first position, in which the first and second contacts can be coplanar, to a second position, in which the first and second contacts can be disposed in different planes.
Claims20
A method for assembling a piezo valve, the method comprising:
- providing a cable having first and second conductors and first and second contacts in electrical communication with the first and second conductors, respectively;
- forming a pocket between the first and second contacts by moving the second contact from a first position, in which the first and second contacts are coplanar, to a second position, in which the first and second contacts are disposed in different planes;
- inserting at least a portion of a piezo element into the pocket;
- electrically coupling the first contact to a first layer of the piezo element;
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- electrically coupling the second contact to a second layer of the piezo element, the second layer opposing the first layer.
A piezo valve system, comprising:
- a piezo element having a first layer and a second layer, the second layer opposing the first layer;
- a connector having a first contact and a second contact, the second contact being configured to move from an initial position, in which the first and second contacts are coplanar, to a final position, in which the first and second contacts are disposed in different planes with a pocket there between;
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- a cable having a first conductor electrically coupled to the first contact and a second conductor electrically coupled to the second contact;
- wherein at least a portion of the piezo element is disposed within the pocket of the connector with the first contact in electrical communication with the first layer and the second contact in electrical communication with the second layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.