Patent ID: 11969059
Assignee: INDIANA MILLS & MANUFACTURING, INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A  B

Claim 3:
4. The buckle assembly of claim 3, wherein the second shape memory alloy wire or cable has a first length below the transition temperature and a second length at or above the transition temperature, the second length of the second shape memory alloy wire or cable shorter than the first length of the second shape memory alloy wire or cable,
and wherein the first and second shape memory alloy wires or cables are responsive to the heating thereof to pivot the second ends of the respective first and second legs of the release button actuator relative to the housing as the lengths of the first and second shape memory alloy wires or cables transition at or above the transition temperature from the respective first lengths to the respective second lengths such that the coupled together first ends of the first and second legs of the release button actuator pivot relative to the housing to move the release button from the latched position to the release position thereof.