Electrostatic actuator and method of making the...

Incremental printing of symbolic information – Ink jet – Ejector mechanism

Reexamination Certificate

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

C347S054000, C347S068000, C347S070000, C347S071000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07980671

ABSTRACT:
The present application is directed to electrostatic actuators, and methods of making electrostatic actuators. In one embodiment, an electrostatic actuator of the present application comprises a first electrode and a second electrode. The second electrode is positioned in proximity to the first electrode so as to provide a gap between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode is capable of being deflected toward the second electrode. A dielectric structure comprising a dielectric landing post is positioned in the gap between the first electrode and the second electrode, the dielectric structure extending over a greater surface of the gap than the landing post. The landing post protrudes out into the gap so as to limit the minimum contact spacing between the first electrode and the second electrode.

REFERENCES:
patent: 6608268 (2003-08-01), Goldsmith
patent: 6803534 (2004-10-01), Chen et al.
patent: 7430355 (2008-09-01), Heikenfeld et al.
patent: 2001/0024325 (2001-09-01), Kowarz et al.
patent: 2002/0097303 (2002-07-01), Gulvin et al.
patent: 2004/0155942 (2004-08-01), Anagnostopoulos et al.
patent: 2005/0012577 (2005-01-01), Pillans et al.
patent: 2005/0134644 (2005-06-01), Pasch et al.
patent: 2005/0285902 (2005-12-01), Gulvin et al.
patent: 2006/0022158 (2006-02-01), Feinberg et al.
Jurgen Wibbeler, Gunter Pfeifer, and Michael Heitschold, Parasitic Charging of Dielectric Surfaces in Capacitive Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS), Sensors and Actuators A 71 (1998), pp. 74-80.

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for the USA inventors and patents. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

Electrostatic actuator and method of making the... does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Electrostatic actuator and method of making the..., we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Electrostatic actuator and method of making the... will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-2668235

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.