Patents by Inventor Giulia KLEIN

Giulia KLEIN has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10607798
    Abstract: A power switch device has a housing, a movable shuttle and at least one shape memory alloy actuator. The housing has a cavity and stationary current carrying contacts which extend through the housing to the cavity. The movable shuttle with a bridge contact provided in the cavity. The at least one shape memory alloy actuator is attached to a first end of the shuttle and to a first end of the housing. The at least one shape memory alloy actuator is configured to respond to a first activation signal. The at least one shape memory alloy actuator contracts from an initial shape in response to the first actuation signal to move the shuttle and the bridge contact toward the stationary current carrying contacts to a closed position in which the bridge contact is positioned in electrical engagement with the stationary current carrying contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Marcus Priest, Manik Singh Sethi, Gordon Haag, Giulia Klein, Xiaozheng Xu, Suraj Shroff
  • Publication number: 20190348240
    Abstract: A power switch device has a housing, a movable shuttle and at least one shape memory alloy actuator. The housing has a cavity and stationary current carrying contacts which extend through the housing to the cavity. The movable shuttle with a bridge contact provided in the cavity. The at least one shape memory alloy actuator is attached to a first end of the shuttle and to a first end of the housing. The at least one shape memory alloy actuator is configured to respond to a first activation signal. The at least one shape memory alloy actuator contracts from an initial shape in response to the first actuation signal to move the shuttle and the bridge contact toward the stationary current carrying contacts to a closed position in which the bridge contact is positioned in electrical engagement with the stationary current carrying contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Marcus PRIEST, Manik Singh SETHI, Gordon HAAG, Giulia KLEIN, Xiaozheng XU, Suraj SHROFF