Electrical generator or motor structure – Non-dynamoelectric – Piezoelectric elements and devices
Reexamination Certificate
2006-11-28
2008-11-11
Dougherty, Thomas M (Department: 2834)
Electrical generator or motor structure
Non-dynamoelectric
Piezoelectric elements and devices
C310S330000, C310S800000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07449817
ABSTRACT:
An object of the present invention is to provide a thin and light-weight actuator module structure comprising a multi-layer structure such as a bimorph or unimorph structure that can be formed in an arbitrary shape and deformed in an arbitrary direction, which is high in safety and durability and can be easily fabricated, as well as a method of manufacturing the same.An actuator has a structure such that a striped internal stress distribution is induced within a plane of a bending type actuator of a laminate structure, thereby allowing the actuator to bend so as to constitute a part of a cylindrical shape whose central axis is parallel to the striped direction.
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Ishibashi Masayoshi
Kato Midori
A. Marquez, Esq. Juan Carlos
Dougherty Thomas M
Fisher Esq. Stanley P.
Hitachi , Ltd.
Reed Smith LLP
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