No moving parts are needed for thermally actuated switch. It could also operate as variable thermal conductance, allowing temperature of equipment to be regulated with minimal expenditure of energy.
Heat switch has no moving parts
NASA Tech Briefs ; 5 , 3
01.01.1981
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