Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Engineered loading response in electroactive polymer devices having structured nanovoids
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Application No.: US16205257Application Date: 2018-11-30
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Publication No.: US10749448B2Publication Date: 2020-08-18
- Inventor: Jack Lindsay , Katherine Marie Smyth , Thomas John Farrell Wallin , Andrew John Ouderkirk , Tanya Malhotra , Austin Lane , Christopher Yuan Ting Liao , Yigit Menguc
- Applicant: Facebook Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Agency: FisherBroyles, LLP
- Main IPC: H02N1/00
- IPC: H02N1/00 ; G02B3/14 ; G02B27/01

Abstract:
A device may include a primary electrode, a secondary electrode overlapping at least a portion of the primary electrode, and an electroactive polymer element disposed between and abutting the primary electrode and the secondary electrode. The electroactive polymer element may include a nanovoided polymer material whereby resistance to deformation of the electroactive polymer element is non-linear with respect to an amount of deformation of the electroactive polymer element. Various other devices, method, and systems are also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200177103A1 ENGINEERED LOADING RESPONSE IN ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER DEVICES HAVING STRUCTURED NANOVOIDS Public/Granted day:2020-06-04
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