Actuator and method of manufacturing actuator module

Details Actuator and method of manufacturing actuator module Actuator and method of manufacturing actuator module

2007-02-26

2008-11-11

Dougherty, Thoma M (Department: 2834)

Electrical generator or motor structure

Non-dynamoelectric

Piezoelectric elements and devices

C310S800000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07449818

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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“New Polymer-Actuators Using Carbon Nano-Particle Composite (II)”, 23rdAnnual Conference of the Robotics Society of Japan, Sep. 15-17, 2005, 2 pages in Japanese with English abstract.

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