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US 2024/0240621 A1Published application
System and method for haptics using shape memory material
AssigneeSmarter Alloys Inc.
InventorsMohammad Ibrahem KHAN, Michael Lawrence KUNTZ, Shahzad AHSAN
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Abstract
A haptic device that includes SMA components that drive the actuating mechanisms of the haptic device, such as haptic arms. When a current is passed through the SMA components, due to the multiple local transformation temperatures, different sections of the SMA components have different reactions to the current in order to drive the actuating mechanisms.
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A haptics device comprising:
- a set of haptic arms, each haptic arm including an actuating mechanism;
- a set of shape memory alloy (SMA) components, each of the set of SMA components connected to one of the set of haptic arms to drive the actuating mechanism;
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- a processor for communicating with each of the actuating mechanisms to actuate the set of haptic arms.
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