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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7750532 | Electroactive polymer actuated motors Devices employing electroactive polymer actuators are disclosed. Acrylic dielectric material based actuators are optionally provided in which architectures are presented that allow for improved power output as compared with other known acrylic dielectric material ba... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7733575 | Optical systems employing compliant electroactive materials The present invention provides optical systems, devices and methods which utilize one or more electroactive films to adjust an optical parameter of the optical device/system. ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7679839 | Optical lens displacement systems The present invention provides optical systems, devices and methods which utilize one or more electroactive polymer actuators to adjust an optical parameter of the optical device or system. ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7679267 | High-performance electroactive polymer transducers A transducer employing at least two electroactive polymer layers stretched to join each central portion of the electroactive polymer layers to each form a concave shape wherein the central portions of the electroactive polymer layers actuate in at least two componen... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7626319 | Three-dimensional electroactive polymer actuated devices Devices employing electroactive polymer actuators are disclosed. Acrylic dielectric material based actuators are optionally provided in which architectures are presented that allow for improved power output as compared with other known acrylic dielectric material ba... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7595580 | Electroactive polymer actuated devices Devices employing electroactive polymer actuators are disclosed. The devices include pumps, valves, cameras (where electroactive polymer actuators control either one or both of zoom and focus), vibrators (for inclusion in cell phones, game console controls, etc.) an... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7521847 | High-performance electroactive polymer transducers Transducers employing electroactive polymer films are disclosed. ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7521840 | High-performance electroactive polymer transducers Electroactive polymer constructions that convert electrical energy to mechanical energy and vice versa are disclosed. The subject transducers (actuators, generators, sensors or combinations thereof) share the requirement of a frame or fixture element used in preload... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7492076 | Electroactive polymer transducers biased for increased output Electroactive polymer transducers are disclosed. They are biased in a manner that provides for increased force and/or stroke output, thereby offering improved work potential and power output capacity. The biasing may offer additional or alternate functional advantag... | 02/17/2009 |
