Title :
Titanium-nickel switches: A new class of electro-thermo-mechanical devices
Author :
Hopkins, J.B. ; Rindner, W.
Abstract :
A device mechanism based on a shape-memory effect in certain TiNi alloys is reported. The effect has specifically been applied as the activating mechanism in a latching relay which has been cycled several thousand times. The concept advanced should readily lend itself to a broad range of other electromechanical devices.
Keywords :
Annealing; Capacitive sensors; Cooling; Heating; Shape memory alloys; Switches; Temperature; Thermal stresses; Thermomechanical processes; Wire;
Journal_Title :
Proceedings of the IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/PROC.1970.7931
