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US 2020/0051769 A1Published application
Improvements in artificial muscle actuators
AssigneeLintec of America, Inc.
InventorsMarcio Dias Lima, Yang Yang, Luis Plata, Marilu Guerrero, Franklin Le, Randy Allen
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Abstract
An actuator device that includes a conducting material and at least one fuse incorporated into the conducting material is disclosed. The at least one fuse may stop current flow for temperatures above a specific temperature. The actuator device may also include a series of electronics that determine whether the actuating device has blown the at least one fuse.
Claims8
An actuator device, comprising:
- a conducting material;
- and
- at least one fuse incorporated into the conducting material.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.