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公开(公告)号:US12132420B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-29
申请号:US16725825
申请日:2019-12-23
发明人: Xiaolei Liu , Guiqin Wang , Matthew Ng
IPC分类号: H02N1/00 , B81B3/00 , B81B7/00 , B81B7/02 , G02B7/02 , G02B7/09 , G02B27/64 , H02N2/02 , H04N23/68 , H10N30/20
CPC分类号: H02N1/008 , B81B3/0021 , B81B3/0062 , B81B7/0006 , B81B7/008 , B81B7/02 , G02B7/09 , G02B27/646 , H02N2/02 , H04N23/687 , H10N30/20 , H10N30/2044 , B81B2201/033 , B81B2201/034 , B81B2201/047 , B81B2203/0118 , B81B2203/0136 , B81B2203/05 , B81B2203/053
摘要: A package for moving a platform in six degrees of freedom, is provided. The platform may include an optoelectronic device mounted thereon. The package includes an in-plane actuator which may be a MEMS actuator and an out-of-plane actuator which may be formed of a piezoelectric element. The in-plane MEMS actuator may be mounted on the out-of-plane actuator mounted on a recess in a PCB. The in-plane MEMS actuator includes a plurality comb structures in which fingers of opposed combs overlap one another, i.e. extend past each other's ends. The out-of-plane actuator includes a central portion and a plurality of surrounding stages that are connected to the central portion. The in-plane MEMS actuator is coupled to the out-of-plane Z actuator to provide three degrees of freedom to the payload which may be an optoelectronic device included in the package.
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公开(公告)号:US12132419B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-29
申请号:US17932471
申请日:2022-09-15
摘要: At least some embodiments of the present disclosure an electrostatic sheet jamming device comprising a first sheet having a first conductive layer, a first dielectric layer disposed adjacent to the first conductive layer, and a second sheet comprising a second conductive layer and disposed proximate to the first dielectric layer. The first dielectric layer is disposed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. The first sheet and the second sheet are non-extensible and flexible, wherein the first sheet and the second sheet are slidable relative to each other in a first state. The first sheet and the second sheet are jammed with each other in a second state when a voltage is applied between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. In some embodiments, the applied voltage is less than or equal to a break-down voltage of air at a distance between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer.
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公开(公告)号:US12119184B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-15
申请号:US17886538
申请日:2022-08-12
发明人: Yoshihiro Kozawa , Noriyuki Matsushita , Kazuhiko Kano , Yumi Tanaka , Hiroki Otsuka , Yusuke Edano
摘要: A power generator includes an electret including a first charged surface and a second charged surface having opposite polarities, a first electrode partially formed on the first charged surface, a second electrode formed on the second charged surface, a third electrode disposed to face the first charged surface with a space, and at least one of a power storage unit or an output unit. The first charged surface has a current collecting surface that is exposed outward. The first electrode and the second electrode form a first power generating unit and the third electrode and the second electrode form a second power generating unit. The electret is formed by polarizing an electret material that includes an inorganic dielectric having a bandgap energy of 4 eV or more.
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公开(公告)号:US20240267040A1
公开(公告)日:2024-08-08
申请号:US18304734
申请日:2023-04-21
发明人: Lai-Shi HUANG
IPC分类号: H03K17/10 , H02N1/00 , H03K17/0814 , H04R19/01
CPC分类号: H03K17/10 , H02N1/006 , H03K17/0814 , H04R19/013 , H04R2499/11
摘要: A drive circuit is provided, which is used for driving an electrostatic film actuator. The drive circuit includes an input end, an isolation capacitor and a diode. The input end is used for receiving an input signal. The isolation capacitor includes a first end and a second end. The first end is electrically connected to the input end, and the second end is electrically connected to the electrostatic film actuator. The diode is connected between a working voltage end and the second end in a forward-bias direction, and an output signal is generated at the second end to drive the electrostatic film actuator.
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公开(公告)号:US12054384B2
公开(公告)日:2024-08-06
申请号:US16950782
申请日:2020-11-17
发明人: Peter Duerr , Andreas Neudert
CPC分类号: B81B3/0051 , G02B26/0841 , H02N1/008 , B81B2201/033 , B81B2201/042 , B81B2203/0163
摘要: A MEMS includes a substrate with a substrate extension that rises above a substrate plane. The MEMS includes a movable structural element, a first spring element that mechanically connects the movable structural element to the substrate extension, and a second spring element that mechanically connects the movable structural element to the substrate extension. The first spring element and the second spring element form a parallelogram guide of the movable structural element in relation to the substrate extension.
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公开(公告)号:US20240247086A1
公开(公告)日:2024-07-25
申请号:US18482471
申请日:2023-10-06
发明人: Raja ANNAPOORANAN , Yang WANG , Shengqiang CAI
摘要: Described are methods for manufacturing and using an electromechanical soft actuator including a dielectric liquid crystal elastomer. A method for manufacturing the electromechanical soft actuator including the dielectric liquid elastomer may include the steps of fabricating a loosely cross-linked polydomain liquid crystal elastomer, pre-stretching the loosely cross-linked polydomain liquid crystal elastomer on a frame, cross-linking elements of the loosely cross-linked polydomain liquid crystal elastomer to form the dielectric liquid crystal elastomer and removing the frame from the dielectric liquid crystal elastomer. The disclosed electromechanical soft actuator including the dielectric liquid crystal elastomer can be used in transducer for converting electrical energy to mechanical energy. The transducer may include at least two electrodes, and the dielectric liquid crystal elastomer, which has a first position that is deflected to a second position in response to a change in an electric field provided by the at least two electrodes.
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公开(公告)号:US20240223107A1
公开(公告)日:2024-07-04
申请号:US18608906
申请日:2024-03-18
发明人: Katsuhiko NAKANO , Shinya TAHARA , Masaki NASU
IPC分类号: H02N1/00
CPC分类号: H02N1/002
摘要: An electrostatic transducer (1) includes: a first electrical joint part (81) for electrically joining a first electrode sheet (20) and a first core wire (40a); a first insulation joint part (82) for joining an insulator sheet (10) and a first covering material (40b); a second electrical joint part (91) for electrically joining a second electrode sheet (30) and a second core wire (50a) of a second lead wire (50); and a second insulation joint part (92) for joining the insulator sheet (10) and a second covering material (50b) of the second lead wire (50). The first and second electrical joint parts are disposed spaced apart from one another in a surface direction of the insulator sheet (10), and the first insulation joint part (82) and the second insulation joint part (92) are disposed spaced apart from one another in the surface direction of the insulator sheet (10).
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公开(公告)号:US20240195327A1
公开(公告)日:2024-06-13
申请号:US18587304
申请日:2024-02-26
CPC分类号: H02N1/002 , B25J9/1075 , F15B15/103 , F15B21/065 , H01B3/445
摘要: An artificial muscle assembly includes initiating actuators and an artificial muscle. The artificial muscle includes a housing including an electrode region and an expandable fluid region, and an electrode pair positioned in the electrode region. The electrode pair includes a first electrode and a second electrode fixed to respective first and second surfaces of the housing. At least one of the first electrode and the second electrode includes a central opening defining the expandable fluid region. The electrode pair is actuatable between a non-actuated state and an actuated state such that actuation from the non-actuated state to the actuated state directs a dielectric fluid into the expandable fluid region. Each initiating actuator is actuatable between a non-actuated state and an actuated state such that actuation from the non-actuated state to the actuated state applies a force against the electrode region of the artificial muscle.
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公开(公告)号:US12007555B2
公开(公告)日:2024-06-11
申请号:US16948051
申请日:2020-08-28
发明人: Wenlin Jin , Maziar Moradi , Gonzalo Wills , Stephen Bagnald
CPC分类号: G02B26/0841 , B81B3/0045 , G01S7/4817 , H02N1/008 , B81B2201/033 , B81B2201/042 , B81B2203/0154 , B81B2203/0307
摘要: A micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) device may comprise a first layer that includes a stator comb actuator; a second layer that includes a rotor comb actuator; a mirror structure that includes a mirror; and a first set of hinges and a second set of hinges configured to tilt the mirror structure about a first axis of the MEMS device based on a driving torque caused by the stator comb actuator engaging with the rotor comb actuator. The first set of hinges may be configured to resist a lateral linear force on the mirror structure in a direction associated with the first axis caused by the stator comb actuator engaging with the rotor comb actuator. The second set of hinges may be configured to resist an in-plane torque on the mirror structure about a second axis of the MEMS device caused by the stator comb actuator engaging with the rotor comb actuator.
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公开(公告)号:US20240171091A1
公开(公告)日:2024-05-23
申请号:US18058488
申请日:2022-11-23
IPC分类号: H02N1/00
CPC分类号: H02N1/006
摘要: An artificial muscle including a housing, an electrode pair positioned in an electrode region of the housing, the electrode pair including a first electrode and a second electrode, the first electrode and the second electrode each including a pair of tab portions and a bridge portion interconnecting the pair of tab portions, and a first closing aid provided exteriorly of the housing opposite the electrode pair and applying a force in a direction toward the electrode region of the housing, wherein the electrode pair is actuatable between a non-actuated state and an actuated state such that actuation from the non-actuated state to the actuated state results in attraction of the first electrode and the second electrode.
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