ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,480, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to CAMBRIDGE MECHATRONICS Ltd. (Cambridge, Great Britain).
"Shape memory alloy apparatus" was invented by Joshua Carr (Cambridge, Great Britain), Andrew Benjamin Simpson Brown (Cambridge, Great Britain) and James Howarth (Cambridge, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shape memory alloy apparatus (1) comprising: a member (3) comprising a first end portion (5) and a second end portion (7); and a shape memory alloy component (9) connected to the member (3). The shape memory alloy component (9) being configured to, on contraction, change the separation between the first end portion (5) and...