US Patent Issued to Hutchinson Technology on Dec. 30 for "Shape memory alloy (SMA) bimorph actuators and methods for manufacturing the same" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,061, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Hutchinson Technology Inc. (Hutchinson, Minn.).

"Shape memory alloy (SMA) bimorph actuators and methods for manufacturing the same" was invented by Ryan N. Ruzicka (Waconia, Minn.), Zachary A. Pokornowski (Cokato, Minn.), Mark A. Miller (Hutchinson, Minn.) and Jeremy J. Stroschein (Waconia, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present embodiments relate to a shape memory alloy (SMA) actuator with a reduced number of materials for manufacturing the actuator. In some instances, elements of the SMA actuator can comprise a dielectric material disposed on the actuator via an injection molding pr...