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191. 发明申请

US20110120114A1 VEHICLE ENERGY HARVESTING DEVICE HAVING A CONTINUOUS LOOP OF SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY 有权
标题翻译：具有连续形状记忆合金圈的车辆能量采集装置
公开(公告)号：US20110120114A1
公开(公告)日：2011-05-26
申请号：US12947872
申请日：2010-11-17
申请人： Paul W. Alexander , Alan L. Browne , Nancy L. Johnson , Patrick B. Usoro , Geoffrey P. Mc Knight , Peter Maxwell Sarosi , Christopher P. Henry
发明人： Paul W. Alexander , Alan L. Browne , Nancy L. Johnson , Patrick B. Usoro , Geoffrey P. Mc Knight , Peter Maxwell Sarosi , Christopher P. Henry
IPC分类号： F02G1/04
CPC分类号： F02G5/04 , Y02T10/166
摘要： An energy harvesting system comprises a first region having a first temperature and a second region having a second temperature. A conduit is located at least partially within the first region. A heat engine configured for converting thermal energy to mechanical energy includes a shape memory alloy forming at least one generally continuous loop. The shape memory alloy is disposed in heat exchange contact with the first region and the second region. A carrier surrounds the conduit such that the carrier is driven to rotate around the conduit by the shape memory alloy in response to the temperature difference between the first region and the second region.
摘要翻译：能量收集系统包括具有第一温度的第一区域和具有第二温度的第二区域。管道至少部分地位于第一区域内。构造成将热能转换为机械能的热引擎包括形成至少一个大体上连续的环的形状记忆合金。形状记忆合金配置成与第一区域和第二区域热交换接触。载体围绕导管，使得载体被驱动以响应于第一区域和第二区域之间的温度差由形状记忆合金围绕导管旋转。

192. 发明授权

US07500704B2 Compartment access system with active material component and method for controlling access to an interior compartment 有权
标题翻译：具有活动材料组件的隔室通道系统和用于控制进入内部隔室的方法
公开(公告)号：US07500704B2
公开(公告)日：2009-03-10
申请号：US11555288
申请日：2006-11-01
申请人： Guillermo A. Herrera , Paul W. Alexander , Alan L. Browne , Nancy L. Johnson , Andrew C. Keefe , Robert E. Doty
发明人： Guillermo A. Herrera , Paul W. Alexander , Alan L. Browne , Nancy L. Johnson , Andrew C. Keefe , Robert E. Doty
IPC分类号： B60R7/06 , B60K37/00
CPC分类号： E05B47/023 , B60R7/06 , C08L2201/12 , E05B17/0058 , E05B47/0009 , E05B47/0011 , E05B53/003 , E05B79/20 , E05B81/64 , E05B83/30 , E05F15/60 , E05Y2201/43 , E05Y2800/67 , E05Y2900/538 , G07C9/00912 , G07C9/00944
摘要： Accessing interior compartments for storage or other purposes is improved by the use of one or more active material components. Activating one or more active material components carries out one or more of the following functions: opening or closing the compartment (which may include cinching a closure) and/or latching or unlatching a closure from a frame. Activation may result from a remote trigger signal. A method is provided for controlling access to an interior compartment that may be carried out by a controller operatively connected to various active material components that unlatch the closure from the frame, close the closure and cinch the closure to the frame, respectively.
摘要翻译：通过使用一种或多种活性材料组分来改善用于存储或其它目的的内部隔室。激活一个或多个活性材料部件执行以下功能中的一个或多个：打开或关闭隔室（其可以包括闭合闭合件）和/或从框架锁定或解锁闭合件。激活可能由远程触发信号引起。提供了一种用于控制对内部隔间的通路的方法，所述方法可以由可操作地连接到各种活动材料部件的控制器执行，所述控制器分别将闭合件从框架上解开，闭合闭合件并将闭合件分别固定在框架上。

193. 发明授权

US08687340B2 Actuation and protection utilizing active material activation during lightning strikes and similar events 有权
标题翻译：在雷击和类似事件中利用活性材料的激活和保护
公开(公告)号：US08687340B2
公开(公告)日：2014-04-01
申请号：US12940603
申请日：2010-11-05
申请人： Alan L. Browne , Nancy L. Johnson , Nicholas W Pinto, IV , Mohan Sundar , Paul W. Alexander
发明人： Alan L. Browne , Nancy L. Johnson , Nicholas W Pinto, IV , Mohan Sundar , Paul W. Alexander
IPC分类号： H02H1/04
CPC分类号： H02H1/06 , H02H3/22
摘要： A method of and actuator/device for passively actuating or protecting a system, body or circuit during a lightning strike or other high voltage/current generation event, utilizing an active material element activated by the spike in current or voltage potential, and preferably a barrier connected in series to the element and configured to be overcome by the voltage/current event, so that the element is activated only during the event.
摘要翻译：一种用于在雷击或其它高压/电流产生事件期间被动地致动或保护系统，主体或电路的方法和致动器/装置，利用由尖峰在电流或电压电势下激活的活性材料元件，优选地是屏障与元件串联连接并被配置为由电压/电流事件来克服，使得元件仅在事件期间被激活。

194. 发明申请

US20120324858A1 CABLE PROTECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF REDUCING AN INITIAL STRESS ON A CABLE 有权
标题翻译：电缆保护系统及降低电缆初始应力的方法
公开(公告)号：US20120324858A1
公开(公告)日：2012-12-27
申请号：US13587383
申请日：2012-08-16
申请人： Alan L. Browne , Paul W. Alexander , Nancy L. Johnson
发明人： Alan L. Browne , Paul W. Alexander , Nancy L. Johnson
IPC分类号： D07B1/00 , D07B5/00
CPC分类号： D07B5/00 , D07B1/0673 , D07B5/12 , D07B2201/2009 , D07B2205/3085 , E01D19/16 , D07B2801/10
摘要： A method of reducing an initial stress on a cable includes stretching the cable to a first length to thereby define the initial stress. The cable has a central longitudinal axis, and includes a plurality of wires each twisted around the axis and formed from a shape memory alloy transitionable in response to a signal between a first state wherein each of the wires has a first temperature-dependent length, and a second state wherein each of the wires has a second temperature-dependent length that is less than the first. After stretching, the method includes activating the alloy by exposing the alloy to the signal such that the alloy transitions from the first to the second temperature-dependent state. Concurrent to activating, the method includes elongating the cable to a second length that is greater than the first to define a second stress on the cable that is less than the first.
摘要翻译：减少电缆上的初始应力的方法包括将电缆拉伸到第一长度，从而限定初始应力。所述电缆具有中心纵向轴线，并且包括多个电线，每个电线绕所述轴线扭转并且由形状记忆合金形成，所述形状记忆合金可响应于第一状态而可转换，所述信号处于第一状态，其中每条电线具有第一温度依赖性长度，以及第二状态，其中每条线具有小于第一温度的第二温度依赖长度。拉伸后，该方法包括通过将合金暴露于信号来激活合金，使得合金从第一温度依赖于第二温度依赖状态转变。与激活同时，该方法包括将电缆延伸到大于第一长度的第二长度，以限定小于第一应力的电缆上的第二应力。

195. 发明申请

US20120113558A1 ACTUATION AND PROTECTION UTILIZING ACTIVE MATERIAL ACTIVATION DURING LIGHTNING STRIKES AND SIMILAR EVENTS 有权
标题翻译：在闪电条和类似活动期间利用活性材料活化的促进和保护
公开(公告)号：US20120113558A1
公开(公告)日：2012-05-10
申请号：US12940603
申请日：2010-11-05
申请人： Alan L. Browne , Nancy L. Johnson , Nicholas W. Pinto, IV , Mohan Sundar , Paul W. Alexander
发明人： Alan L. Browne , Nancy L. Johnson , Nicholas W. Pinto, IV , Mohan Sundar , Paul W. Alexander
IPC分类号： H02H3/22
CPC分类号： H02H1/06 , H02H3/22
摘要： A method of and actuator/device for passively actuating or protecting a system, body or circuit during a lightning strike or other high voltage/current generation event, utilizing an active material element activated by the spike in current or voltage potential, and preferably a barrier connected in series to the element and configured to be overcome by the voltage/current event, so that the element is activated only during the event.
摘要翻译：一种用于在雷击或其它高压/电流产生事件期间被动地致动或保护系统，主体或电路的方法和致动器/装置，利用由尖峰在电流或电压电势下激活的活性材料元件，优选地是屏障与元件串联连接并被配置为由电压/电流事件来克服，使得元件仅在事件期间被激活。

196. 发明申请

US20110139396A1 Autonomous Fluid Mixing System and Method 有权
标题翻译：自主流体混合系统及方法
公开(公告)号：US20110139396A1
公开(公告)日：2011-06-16
申请号：US12639823
申请日：2009-12-16
申请人： Alan L. Browne , Nancy L. Johnson , James Holbrook Brown , Xiujie Gao , Paul W. Alexander
发明人： Alan L. Browne , Nancy L. Johnson , James Holbrook Brown , Xiujie Gao , Paul W. Alexander
IPC分类号： B60H1/00 , B60H1/22 , F28F13/12
CPC分类号： F03G7/065 , B01F7/02 , B01F15/00487
摘要： A vehicle includes a fluid mixing system. The fluid mixing system includes a fluid and a heat engine. The fluid has a first fluid region at a first temperature and a second fluid region at a second temperature that is different from the first temperature. The heat engine includes a shape-memory alloy disposed in heat exchange contact with each of the first fluid region and the second fluid region. The heat engine is operable to mix the fluid between the first fluid region and the second fluid region in response to a change in the crystallographic phase of the shape-memory alloy to reduce the difference in the composition of the fluid bath between the first fluid region and the second fluid region.
摘要翻译：车辆包括流体混合系统。流体混合系统包括流体和热力发动机。流体具有在第一温度下的第一流体区域和与第一温度不同的第二温度的第二流体区域。热机包括与第一流体区域和第二流体区域中的每一个热交换接触的形状记忆合金。热引擎可操作以响应于形状记忆合金的晶体相的变化来混合第一流体区域和第二流体区域之间的流体，以减少第一流体区域和第二流体区域之间的流体浴的组成差异和第二流体区域。

197. 发明申请

US20100065232A1 WIPER-BASED SUNSHADE AND METHODS OF USE 有权
标题翻译：基于WIPER的SUNSHADE和使用方法
公开(公告)号：US20100065232A1
公开(公告)日：2010-03-18
申请号：US12624406
申请日：2009-11-23
申请人： Alan L. Browne , Nancy L. Johnson , Paul W. Alexander
发明人： Alan L. Browne , Nancy L. Johnson , Paul W. Alexander
IPC分类号： B60J3/00 , B60S1/02
CPC分类号： B60J11/08 , B60J11/025 , B60S1/0491
摘要： Methods of deploying and stowing a sunshade utilizing a wiper-based system, including selectively engaging the sunshade and wiper, actuating the wiper, so as to deploy the shade, locking the wiper in the deployed position, so as to reduce the thermal load in a confined space, and returning the wiper after use, so as to stow the shade.
摘要翻译：使用基于刮水器的系统来部署和收起遮阳伞的方法，包括选择性地接合遮阳罩和雨刮器，致动刮水器，以便展开遮光罩，将刮水器锁定在展开位置，以便减少在一个密封空间，使用后返回刮水器，以便收起阴凉处。

198. 发明申请

US20090255187A1 ACTIVE SEAL ARCHITECTURES 有权
标题翻译：主动密封结构
公开(公告)号：US20090255187A1
公开(公告)日：2009-10-15
申请号：US12420144
申请日：2009-04-08
申请人： Paul W. Alexander , Diann Brei , Jonathan E. Luntx , Monica Cristina Toma , Alan L. Browne , Nancy L. Johnson
发明人： Paul W. Alexander , Diann Brei , Jonathan E. Luntx , Monica Cristina Toma , Alan L. Browne , Nancy L. Johnson
IPC分类号： E06B7/18 , E06B7/16
CPC分类号： B60J10/84 , B60J10/244 , B60J10/246 , B60J10/248
摘要： Active seal architectures adapted for producing a variable sealing and/or closing force between a closure panel and perimeter, includes a mounting clip, a flexible outer layer fixedly connected to the clip, defining an interior space, and longitudinally extending along the perimeter; and an interior structure comprising and reconfigurable by an active material disposed within the space, and operable to impart differing first and second forces upon the layer and panel when the material is activated and deactivated respectively.
摘要翻译：适于在闭合面板和周边之间产生可变密封和/或闭合力的主动密封结构包括安装夹，固定地连接到夹子的柔性外层，限定内部空间，并且沿着周边纵向延伸; 以及内部结构，其包括通过设置在所述空间内的活性材料来重构和可重新配置，并且当所述材料分别被激活和去激活时，可操作地在所述层和面板上赋予不同的第一和第二力。

199. 发明申请

US20080100079A1 Compartment access system with active material component and method for controlling access to an interior compartment 有权
标题翻译：具有活动材料组件的隔室通道系统和用于控制进入内部隔室的方法
公开(公告)号：US20080100079A1
公开(公告)日：2008-05-01
申请号：US11555288
申请日：2006-11-01
申请人： Guillermo A. Herrera , Paul W. Alexander , Alan L. Browne , Nancy L. Johnson , Andrew C. Keefe , Robert E. Doty
发明人： Guillermo A. Herrera , Paul W. Alexander , Alan L. Browne , Nancy L. Johnson , Andrew C. Keefe , Robert E. Doty
IPC分类号： B60R7/00 , E05C7/04
CPC分类号： E05B47/023 , B60R7/06 , C08L2201/12 , E05B17/0058 , E05B47/0009 , E05B47/0011 , E05B53/003 , E05B79/20 , E05B81/64 , E05B83/30 , E05F15/60 , E05Y2201/43 , E05Y2800/67 , E05Y2900/538 , G07C9/00912 , G07C9/00944
摘要： Accessing interior compartments for storage or other purposes is improved by the use of one or more active material components. Activating one or more active material components carries out one or more of the following functions: opening or closing the compartment (which may include cinching a closure) and/or latching or unlatching a closure from a frame. Activation may result from a remote trigger signal. A method is provided for controlling access to an interior compartment that may be carried out by a controller operatively connected to various active material components that unlatch the closure from the frame, close the closure and cinch the closure to the frame, respectively.
摘要翻译：通过使用一种或多种活性材料组分来改善用于存储或其它目的的内部隔室。激活一个或多个活性材料部件执行以下功能中的一个或多个：打开或关闭隔室（其可以包括闭合闭合件）和/或从框架锁定或解锁闭合件。激活可能由远程触发信号引起。提供了一种用于控制对内部隔间的通路的方法，所述方法可以由可操作地连接到各种活动材料部件的控制器执行，所述控制器分别将闭合件从框架上解开，闭合闭合件并将闭合件分别固定在框架上。

200. 发明授权

US08301272B2 Active materials-based compliant mechanisms 有权
标题翻译：基于活性材料的兼容机制
公开(公告)号：US08301272B2
公开(公告)日：2012-10-30
申请号：US12327316
申请日：2008-12-03
申请人： Nilesh D. Mankame , Alan L. Browne
发明人： Nilesh D. Mankame , Alan L. Browne
IPC分类号： G06F19/00
CPC分类号： B81B3/0059 , B81B3/0094 , C08G2280/00
摘要： A compliant mechanism includes a body that is configured to generate a mechanical output in response to a mechanical input. The body has at least one region formed by an active material. The compliant mechanism also includes at least one activation device configured to selectively apply an activation signal to the at least one region. The active material is configured to undergo a change in modulus in response to the activation signal such that the output is characterized by a first magnitude or direction when the activation device applies the activation signal and a second magnitude or direction when the activation device does not apply the activation signal.
摘要翻译：适应机构包括被配置为响应于机械输入生成机械输出的主体。主体具有由活性材料形成的至少一个区域。顺应机构还包括被配置为选择性地将激活信号施加到至少一个区域的至少一个激活装置。活性材料配置为响应于激活信号而经历模量变化，使得当激活装置施加激活信号时，输出的特征在于第一幅度或方向，以及当激活装置不适用时的第二幅度或方向激活信号。

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