Dynamic Braille display using SMA coil actuator and magnetic latch

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 316-322

  Haga, Yoichi ^a   Makishi, Wataru ^a   Iwami, Kentaro ^a   Totsu, Kentaro ^a   Nakamura, Kazuhiro ^a   Esashi, Masayoshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Braille display; Local electroplating; Magnetic latch; SMA coil actuator

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC COILS; ELECTROPLATING; FLIP FLOP CIRCUITS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MICROACTUATORS; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS;

BRAILLE DISPLAY; LOCAL ELECTROPLATING; MAGNETIC LATCH; SMA COIL ACTUATOR;

SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT;

EID: 17044431509     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2004.10.001     Document Type: Article

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