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Fluidic actuator system and method

US11791764B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims

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Assignee

SUNFOLDING, INC. · US

Inventors

Leila Madrone · San Francisco, US
Kyle Douglas BETTS · San Francisco, US
Peter Sturt Lynn · Oakland, US
Louis Hong Basel · Berkeley, US
Brent Ridley · Redwood City, US
Saul Griffith · San Francisco, US
James McBride · San Francisco, US
Jeffrey Charles Lamb · San Francisco, US
Eric Preston Lien Suan · Baltimore, US
Erica Lin · Millbrae, US
Joshua Earle Erickson · Oakland, US
Vincent Domenic Romanin · San Francisco, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 13, 2020
Grant date	Oct 17, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 20, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E10/50
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An actuator assembly that includes an angled bottom plate having an opposing first side face and second side face; a first set of one or more inflatable actuators engaging the first side face of the angled bottom plate; and a second set of one or more inflatable actuators engaging the second side face of the angled bottom plate. The first and second sets of inflatable actuators are configured to be separately fluidically inflated.

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