Title:
DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR THERMALLY ACTIVATED DISPLACEMENT
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2010053863
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To provide a method of controlling displacement of a thermally activated displacement device.
An actuation device 18 includes: at least one first elongated member 46 having a first coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE): and at least one second elongated member 48 having a second CTE different from the first CTE, the second elongated member 48 being nested within the first elongated member 46. The actuation device 18 is configured to displace a portion of the device by a predetermined distance along a major axis of the device based on a relation between the first CTE and the second CTE in response to a change in temperature.
Inventors:
WILSON IAN DAVID
MILLER BRADLEY JAMES
BALLARD JR HENRY GRADY
SCICCHITANO ERIC
MILLER BRADLEY JAMES
BALLARD JR HENRY GRADY
SCICCHITANO ERIC
Application Number:
JP2009188801A
Publication Date:
March 11, 2010
Filing Date:
August 18, 2009
Export Citation:
Assignee:
GEN ELECTRIC
International Classes:
F03G7/06; F01D11/08; F02C7/28
Domestic Patent References:
| JPS57195803A | 1982-12-01 | |||
| JP2001021061A | 2001-01-26 |
Foreign References:
| US5116199A | 1992-05-26 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Arakawa Satoshi
Hirokazu Ogura
Toshihisa Kurokawa
Hirokazu Ogura
Toshihisa Kurokawa
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