F - Mech Eng,Light,Heat,Weapons – 16 – B
Patent
F - Mech Eng,Light,Heat,Weapons
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B
F16B 19/00 (2006.01) F16B 1/00 (2006.01) F16B 1/04 (2006.01) F16B 5/07 (2006.01) F16B 21/06 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2489857
A fastener (10) which includes a fastening element having a flexible beam (12) and an engagement means (14);and an actuating means (18) attached to the fastening element and including a material such as shape memory alloy adapted to contract when activated; wherein the beam (12) is movable upon contraction of the material between engagement and disengagement positions. In a second aspect a fastener for use in a network of fasteners includes address means which serve to distinguish the fastener from the other fasteners in the network. The address means is stored by a storage means include hard wiring, non volatile memory and semiconductor.
L'invention porte sur une fixation (10) dont l'élément de fixation présente: une barrette souple (12), un moyen de préhension (14) et un moyen de commande (18) fixé à l'élément de fixation et fait d'un matériau tel qu'un alliage à mémoire de forme se contractant lorsqu'on l'active, la barrette (12) se déplaçant lorsque le matériau se contracte entre une position de prise et une position de relâchement. Selon un deuxième aspect, l'une des fixations d'un groupe de fixations comporte un moyen d'adressage permettant de la distinguer des autres fixations, ledit moyen d'adressage étant stocké dans un moyen de stockage consistant en une mémoire non volatile à câblage en dur et en un semi-conducteur.
Goldspink Lachlan Richard
Rudduck Dickory
Sizer Geoffrey David
Shapiro Cohen
Telezygology Inc.
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