Patent · US Expired

Temperature-controlled wire support

US6544056B1 · kind B1 · utility

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7References

19Claims

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Assignee

EADS Deutschland GmbH · DE

Inventors

Martin Roth · Starnberg, DE
Andreas Schuster · Annaberg-Buchholz, DE
Heinz Voggenreiter · Vaucresson, FR
Harald Vorbrugg · Hersbruck, DE
Markus Reindl · Dachau, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 21, 2001
Grant date	Apr 8, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 21, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01H61/0107
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention solves the task of creating a temperature-controlled wire holder that enables a reliable and controlled release. This task is solved by the invention in that the wire holder (1) is produced from a shape memory material, and that the wire (14) is clamped in an aperture (2) of the wire holder (1) by compression of the aperture (2), and that the compressed aperture (2) opens by itself when the wire holder (1) is heated to a specific operating temperature, thus releasing the wire. The invention may be used in a temperature-controlled wire holder that releases a secured wire (14) under mechanical tension when a specific operating temperature is achieved.

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