Magnetostrictive actuator
AssigneeFeonic PLC
InventorsKamlesh Prajapati, Neil Munns, Martin Geoffrey Aston, Christopher Tiler
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Abstract
A magnetostrictive actuator comprises an assembly of at least two GMM rods (8, 9) spaced apart from each other on the same longitudinal axis, each rod being surrounded by a respective energising electromagnetic coil (10,11) 5 and being mounted between respective biasing permanent magnets (12, 13, 14), the assembly being mounted between mechanical pre-stressing means (20, 21) and a foot (3) adapted to couple the forces produced by the actuator into a surface.
Claims16
A magnetostrictive actuator comprising an assembly of at least two GMM rods spaced apart from each other on the same longitudinal axis, each GMM rod being surrounded by a respective energizing electromagnetic coil and being mounted between respective biasing permanent magnets, the assembly being mounted between a mechanical pre-stressing mechanism and a foot adapted to couple the forces produced by the actuator into a surface.
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