HIGH VOLTAGE CONVERTERS FOR ELECTROSTATIC APPLICATIONS
    1.
    发明申请
    HIGH VOLTAGE CONVERTERS FOR ELECTROSTATIC APPLICATIONS 审中-公开
    用于静电应用的高压转换器

    公开(公告)号:US20130186699A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-07-25

    申请号:US13356300

    申请日:2012-01-23

    IPC分类号: B60B15/00 H01L21/683 B60K7/00

    摘要: A wall-crawling robot or other electroadhesive device can include a battery or other low voltage power source driving a motor that provides a primary device function, a voltage convertor adapted to convert the low voltage to a high voltage using the motor output, and electrodes configured to apply the high voltage to produce an electrostatic force between the electroadhesive device and a foreign substrate. The electrostatic force maintains a current position of the electroadhesive device relative to the foreign substrate, and the voltage convertor is separate from the primary function of the electroadhesive device. The primary function can be a mechanism for locomotion, and the voltage convertor can be a Van de Graff generator, a piezoelectric generator, or an inductive switch generator, any of which are driven in a secondary manner as a result of the motor output.

    摘要翻译: 爬行机器人或其他电动粘合装置可以包括驱动提供初级装置功能的电动机的电池或其它低压电源,适于使用电动机输出将低电压转换成高电压的电压转换器,以及配置的电极 以施加高电压以在电粘合装置和异物基板之间产生静电力。 静电力保持电子粘合装置相对于异物基板的当前位置,并且电压转换器与电粘合装置的主要功能分开。 主要功能可以是运动的机构,电压转换器可以是Van de Graff发电机,压电发电机或电感式开关发电机,其中任何一个都是由于电动机输出的二次驱动。

    MECHANICAL META-MATERIALS
    2.
    发明申请
    MECHANICAL META-MATERIALS 有权
    机械元件

    公开(公告)号:US20120181896A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-07-19

    申请号:US13408996

    申请日:2012-02-29

    IPC分类号: H02N1/00

    摘要: The present invention provides meta-materials with an actively controllable mechanical property. The meta-material includes a deformable structure and a set of activation elements. The activation elements are controllable between multiple states. The meta-material includes a first value for a mechanical property when one or more of the activation elements is in the first activation state and includes a second value for the mechanical property when the activation elements have been activated to the second activation state. In one aspect, the meta-material resembles a composite material where the connectivity between the component materials or shape and arrangement of the component materials is dynamically controllable so as to affect a mechanical property of the meta-material.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了具有可主动控制的机械特性的超临界材料。 超材料包括可变形结构和一组激活元件。 激活元件在多个状态之间是可控的。 当一个或多个激活元件处于第一激活状态并且当激活元件已被激活到第二激活状态时,该元材料包括用于机械特性的第一值。 在一个方面,超材料类似于复合材料,其中组分材料之间的连接性或组分材料的形状和排列是动态可控的,以便影响超临界材料的机械性能。

    Electroadhesion
    3.
    发明申请
    Electroadhesion 有权
    电泳

    公开(公告)号:US20100027187A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-02-04

    申请号:US11830814

    申请日:2007-07-30

    IPC分类号: H01L21/683

    CPC分类号: H02N13/00

    摘要: Described herein is electroadhesion technology that permits controllable adherence between two objects. Electroadhesion uses electrostatic forces of attraction produced by an electrostatic adhesion voltage, which is applied using electrodes in an electroadhesive device. The electrostatic adhesion voltage produces an electric field and electrostatic adherence forces. When the electroadhesive device and electrodes are positioned near a surface of an object such as a vertical wall, the electrostatic adherence forces hold the electroadhesive device in position relative to the surface and object. This can be used to increase traction or maintain the position of the electroadhesive device relative to a surface. Electric control of the electrostatic adhesion voltage permits the adhesion to be controllably and readily turned on and off.

    摘要翻译: 这里描述的是允许两个物体之间可控的粘附的电粘附技术。 电粘附使用通过电粘合装置中的电极施加的静电粘附电压产生的静电吸引力。 静电粘附电压产生电场和静电附着力。 当电粘合装置和电极位于诸如垂直壁的物体的表面附近时,静电附着力将电粘合装置保持在相对于表面和物体的适当位置。 这可以用于增加牵引力或者保持电子粘合装置相对于表面的位置。 静电粘附电压的电控制允许粘附被可控地容易地打开和关闭。