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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110169372 | ENERGY HARVESTING DEVICE USING PYROELECTRIC MATERIAL Provided is an energy harvesting device using pyroelectric materials. The energy harvesting device includes a first heat source; a second heat source having a temperature higher than a temperature of the first heat source; and a cantilever which is interposed between th... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110122203 | THERMAL BEND ACTUATOR WITH CONDUCTION PAD AT BEND REGION A thermal bend actuator includes: a first active cantilever beam for connection to drive circuitry, the first beam having a bent planar beam element; a second passive cantilever beam fused to the first beam; a conduction pad sandwiched between the first and second beams... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110096421 | Drive Device, Lens Barrel, Imaging Device, Lens Drive Method and Method of Producing Shape Memory Alloy A lens barrel, an image pickup apparatus, a lens drive method and a method of producing a shape memory alloy used for the drive device are disclosed. A drive device includes: a lens group for guiding light from a subject; a shape memory alloy adopted to be deformed by a... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110093987 | MEMS ACTUATOR DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED TEMPERATURE SENSORS An electro-thermal actuator which includes a unit cell comprising at least one thermal bimorph, the thermal bimorph comprising at least two materials of different thermal expansion coefficient bonded together, the unit cell having a first end and a second end; and at le... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20100213790 | ELECTROSTRICTIVE COMPOSITE, METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME AND ELECTROTHERMIC TYPE ACTUATOR An electrostrictive composite includes a first material layer and a second material layer. The first material layer and the second material layer are stacked to each other. The thermal expansion coefficients of the first material layer and the second material layer are ... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100149506 | Actuator System, Lithographic Apparatus, Method of Controlling the Position of a Component and Device Manufacturing Method An actuator system is provided that is configured to move a component relative to a base of the actuator system. The actuator system may include first and second actuating elements, each including two sections of material that are joined to each other and have different... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100060776 | SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY ACTUATION APPARATUS A miniature camera lens actuation apparatus comprises a support structure, a camera lens element supported on the support structure by a suspension system; and an SMA actuator connected between the support structure and the movable element to drive movement of the camer... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20090261688 | MICROACTUATOR HAVING MULTIPLE DEGREES OF FREEDOM A MEMS vertical displacement device for vertically displacing and tilting a vertically displaceable platform. The vertically displaceable platform may be displaced using a plurality of recurve actuators configured to provide vertical displacement without horizontal move... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090195121 | Electronic Latch Actuator A linear motion actuator is disclosed in which an actuator shaft is held in a ready position by a latching ring. A spring is attached to the actuator shaft to exert a biasing force on the actuator shaft biasing it toward its actuated position. The latching ring receives... | 08/06/2009 |
| 20080278030 | DRIVE UNIT AND DRIVE MODULE A drive unit and drive module which use a shape memory alloy as a drive source to move a driven member, and which can drive at a high speed, independently of the ambient temperature and the position of the driven member. The timing of moving the driven member is control... | 11/13/2008 |
| 20080278029 | ELECTROLESS PLATING PRODUCTION OF NICKEL AND COLBALT STRUCTURES A method comprising forming a structural element 115 on a surface 620 of a layer 510 via an electroless plating of nickel or cobalt 130 onto the surface, the layer being rigidly fixed to an underlying substrate 110. The method also com... | 11/13/2008 |
| 20080253001 | Actuating Device Comprising Bimetal Disks The invention relates to an actuating device comprising at least two coaxial bimetal disks and at least one axial strut arranged between the disks, the bimetal disks being mounted opposite each other and being deformable in opposite directions according to the thermal v... | 10/16/2008 |
| 20080068123 | Photo-sensitive MEMS structure A heat-sensitive apparatus includes a substrate with a top surface, one or more bars being rotatably joined to the surface and having bimorph portions, and a plate rotatably joined to the surface and substantially rigidly joined to the one or more bars. Each bimorph por... | 03/20/2008 |
| 20080054756 | BIMORPHIC STRUCTURES, SENSOR STRUCTURES FORMED THEREWITH, AND METHODS THEREFOR A bimorphic structure responsive to changes in an environmental condition, sensor structures incorporating one or more of such bimorphic structures, and a method of forming such bimorphic structures. The sensor structure has an electrically-conductive first contact on a... | 03/06/2008 |
| 20080018198 | Linear motion actuator The invention relates to a linear motion actuator, comprising an operating member (12), which can be displaced from a basic position (14) in a control position (31) against the force of a spring member (28) using at least one actuating elemen... | 01/24/2008 |
| 20070241635 | Apparatus Comprising a Thermal Bimorph with Enhanced Sensitivity A thermal bimorph that exhibits improved layer adhesion and an enhanced bending response is disclosed. The thermal bimorph incorporates corrugations that extend fully through the bimorph to its two major surfaces. In some embodiments, the thermal bimorph is asymmetrical... | 10/18/2007 |
| 20070194656 | BIMORPH ELEMENT, BIMORPH SWITCH, MIRROR ELEMENT, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THESE There is provided a bimorph element including a silicon oxide layer, a high expansion coefficient layer that is formed on the silicon oxide layer and has a thermal expansion coefficient higher than a thermal expansion coefficient of the silicon oxide layer, and a deform... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070170811 | Hysteretic MEMS thermal device and method of manufacture A MEMS hysteretic thermal device may have a cantilevered beam which bends about one or more points in at least two substantially different directions. In one exemplary embodiment, the MEMS hysteretic thermal device is made from a first segment coupled to an anchor point... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070103029 | Self-assembling mems devices having thermal actuation The present disclosure is broadly directed to a method for designing new MEMS micro-movers, particularly suited for, but not limited to, CMOS fabrication techniques, that are capable of large lateral displacement for tuning capacitors, fabricating capacitors, self-assem... | 05/10/2007 |
| 20070052322 | Micromachined polymer beam structure method and resulting device for spring applications An integrated composite beam structure. The structure has a substrate, which includes a surface and a thickness defined underlying the surface. The substrate is composed of a first material. A thickness of polymer based material includes a first portion, a length, and a... | 03/08/2007 |
| 20060279167 | System, and associated method, for recovering water from air A system for condensing water from air includes a column having a substantially non-reflective surface effective for absorbing heat energy from the sun and transferring the heat to air in the interior of the column. A condenser is secured within the column, and includes... | 12/14/2006 |
| 20060152105 | Photo-sensitive MEMS structure A heat-sensitive apparatus includes a substrate with a top surface, one or more bars being rotatably joined to the surface and having bimorph portions, and a plate rotatably joined to the surface and substantially rigidly joined to the one or more bars. Each bimorph por... | 07/13/2006 |
| 20050052496 | Tapered multi-layer thermal actuator and method of operating same An apparatus for and method of operating a thermal actuator for a micromechanical device, especially a liquid drop emitter such as an ink jet printhead, is disclosed. The disclosed thermal actuator comprises a base element and a cantilevered element including a thermo-m... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050046672 | Thermally conductive thermal actuator and liquid drop emitter using same A thermal actuator for a micro-electromechanical device, especially a liquid drop emitter for ink jet printing, is disclosed. The thermal actuator comprises a base element and a movable element extending from the base element and residing at a first position. The movabl... | 03/03/2005 |
