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- Patent Title: Actuatable capacitive transducer for quantitative nanoindentation combined with transmission electron microscopy
- Patent Title (中): 用于定量纳米压痕结合透射电子显微镜的可动电容式换能器
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Application No.: US12886745Application Date: 2010-09-21
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Publication No.: US08453498B2Publication Date: 2013-06-04
- Inventor: Oden L. Warren , Syed Amanula Syed Asif , Edward Cyrankowski , Kalin Kounev
- Applicant: Oden L. Warren , Syed Amanula Syed Asif , Edward Cyrankowski , Kalin Kounev
- Applicant Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Assignee: Hysitron, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Hysitron, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Agent Arlene Hornilla; Steven Dicke; Gregg Kromrey
- Main IPC: G01B5/28
- IPC: G01B5/28 ; G01B7/16 ; G01L1/00

Abstract:
An actuatable capacitive transducer including a transducer body, a first capacitor including a displaceable electrode and electrically configured as an electrostatic actuator, and a second capacitor including a displaceable electrode and electrically configured as a capacitive displacement sensor, wherein the second capacitor comprises a multi-plate capacitor. The actuatable capacitive transducer further includes a coupling shaft configured to mechanically couple the displaceable electrode of the first capacitor to the displaceable electrode of the second capacitor to form a displaceable electrode unit which is displaceable relative to the transducer body, and an electrically-conductive indenter mechanically coupled to the coupling shaft so as to be displaceable in unison with the displaceable electrode unit.
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