Micro actuators with shape memory alloy (SMA) coil springs and their application to active fiberscopes

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E80-C, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 226-231

  Maeda, Shigeo ^a   Tohyama, Osamu ^a   Ito, Hirotaka ^a  

^a Mitsubishi Cable Industries Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active fiberscope; Coil spring; Micro actuator; Shape memory alloy

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC COILS; ELECTRIC WINDINGS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS); TORQUE;

ACTIVE FIBERSCOPES; SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY (SMA) COIL SPRING ACTUATORS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 0031069448     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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