Fluidic actuator system and method

Patent · Tue Oct 17 04:00:00 EDT 2023

OSTI ID:2293737

Madrone, Leila Marcia; Betts, Kyle Douglas; Lynn, Peter Sturt; Basel, Louis Hong; Ridley, Brent; Griffith, Saul Thomas; Mcbride, James Dylan; Lamb, Jeffrey; Suan, Eric Preston Lien; Lin, Erica; Erickson, Joshua; Romanin, Vincent Domenic

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.

• Research Organization: Sunfolding, Inc., San Francisco, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)
• DOE Contract Number: AR0000330
• Assignee: Sunfolding, Inc. (San Francisco, CA)
• Patent Number(s): 11,791,764
• Application Number: 16/818,346
• OSTI ID: 2293737
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English