Solid state bending actuator comprising an extension element

US8653720B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Bernhard Gottlieb · Munich, DE
• Andreas Kappel · Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn, DE
• Tim Schwebel · Birkenfeld, DE
• Carsten Wallenhauer · Schwarzheide, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 6, 2008
• Grant date: Feb 18, 2014
• Expiry date: May 6, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H10N30/2042

Abstract

A solid state actuator arrangement comprising an actuator which is configured as a solid state bending actuator and which has a first and a second end section opposite each other, a fastening device for fastening the first end section of the actuator in such a manner that it can still be adjusted, and connections for applying a driver signal to the actuator for adjusting the second end section by bending the actuator between at least two positions, an extension element being fastened to the free second end section of the actuator.