Electrical generator or motor structure – Non-dynamoelectric – Charge accumulating
Reexamination Certificate
2006-05-17
2008-11-18
Tamai, Karl I (Department: 2834)
Electrical generator or motor structure
Non-dynamoelectric
Charge accumulating
C977S725000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07453183
ABSTRACT:
A rotational actuator/motor based on rotation of a carbon nanotube is disclosed. The carbon nanotube is provided with a rotor plate attached to an outer wall, which moves relative to an inner wall of the nanotube. After deposit of a nanotube on a silicon chip substrate, the entire structure may be fabricated by lithography using selected techniques adapted from silicon manufacturing technology. The structures to be fabricated may comprise a multiwall carbon nanotube (MWNT), two in plane stators S1, S2and a gate stator S3buried beneath the substrate surface. The MWNT is suspended between two anchor pads and comprises a rotator attached to an outer wall and arranged to move in response to electromagnetic inputs. The substrate is etched away to allow the rotor to freely rotate. Rotation may be either in a reciprocal or fully rotatable manner.
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Fennimore Adam M.
Yuzvinsky Thomas D.
Zettl Alexander K.
Caron R'Sue Popowich
Chiang Robin Chen
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Tamai Karl I
The Regents of the University of California
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