Electrical generator or motor structure – Non-dynamoelectric – Piezoelectric elements and devices
Patent
1995-12-15
1998-03-17
Budd, Mark O.
Electrical generator or motor structure
Non-dynamoelectric
Piezoelectric elements and devices
310334, 310369, H01L 4108
Patent
active
057290776
ABSTRACT:
A metal-ceramic device includes an electroactive ceramic substrate having a pair of opposed planar surfaces and a thickness aspect. Conductive electrodes sandwich the ceramic substrate and a first sheet metal cap having a concave shape, a substantially unchanging thickness and a rim is joined to a first planar surface of the ceramic substrate. A second sheet metal cap having a concave shape, a substantially unchanging thickness and a rim is bonded to a second planar surface of the ceramic substrate, the second planar surface opposed to the first planar surface. In an actuator embodiment, a potential is applied across the conductive electrodes to cause an expansion of the ceramic substrate in the thickness dimension and a concomitant contraction in its planar dimensions. The contraction causes a flexure of the sheet metal caps, which flexures are used for actuation purposes. In a sensor embodiment, the sheet metal caps are subjected to a displacement by an instrumentality, and a resulting change in voltage across the ceramic substrate is sensed.
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Dogan Aydin
Newnham Robert E.
Budd Mark O.
Monahan Thomas J.
The Penn State Research Foundation
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