Fiber-reinforced microactuator

US6933659B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Micromuscle AB · SE

Inventors

• Magnus Krogh · Säter, SE
• Olle Inganas · Linköping, SE
• Edwin Jager · Säter, SE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 6, 2002
• Grant date: Aug 23, 2005
• Expiry date: Nov 6, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S310/80
• WIPO field: Micro-structural and nano-technology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Microactuator comprising a volume changing layer (1) and a carrier substrate layer (2) carrying the volume changing layer (1), the microactuator also comprising a reinforcing structure (3) having an unevenly distributed bending stiffness and that the reinforcing structure (3) is spread over any of the layers (1), (2) to control the movement of the microactuator.