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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120019886 | VIA STRUCTURE AND METHOD THEREOF A layered micro-electronic and/or micro-mechanic structure comprises at least three alternating electrically conductive layers with insulating layers between the conductive layers. There is also provided a via in a first outer layer, said via comprising an insulated con... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120001517 | TRANSPORTATION OF MICROMETER-SIZED OBJECT AND EXTRACTION OF MECHANICAL WORK BY CONSTANT ELECTRIC FIELD A technique capable of making an object move and transporting it without generation of a current, and extracting mechanical work. As a result of diligent effort, the present inventors have found that by arranging two electrodes for generating an electric field for a die... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110260699 | ELECTRET ELECTRODE, ACTUATOR USING THE SAME, VIBRATION POWER GENERATOR, VIBRATION POWER GENERATING DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE USING THE VIBRATION POWER GENERATING DEVICE An object of the present invention is to provide an electret electrode having an improved surface charge density. An electret electrode 100 is constituted by forming a conductive film 111 on a substrate 102, laminating ... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110221301 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SUPPRESSING HYSTERESIS OF RESONATORS THROUGH SIMULTANEOUS RESONANCE The invention relates to an electromechanical resonator including at least one deformable element, actuating means for this deformable element for applying to it, simultaneously, at least one first actuating force at a first frequency, and a second actuating force at le... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110210645 | DOWNHOLE STATIC POWER GENERATOR A downhole static power generator according to one or more aspects of the present disclosure comprises a static charge accumulator comprising a dielectric material having a surface to contact a flowing dielectric fluid. The static charge accumulator may be configured to... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110205197 | ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES HAVING SUPPORT STRUCTURES AND METHODS OF FABRICATING THE SAME Embodiments of MEMS devices comprise a conductive movable layer spaced apart from a conductive fixed layer by a gap, and supported by rigid support structures, or rivets, overlying depressions in the conductive movable layer, or by posts underlying depressions in the co... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110193502 | Stable Electro-Mechanical Actuators An electro-mechanical actuator includes a comb drive and a deformable connector. The comb drive has a first capacitor plate and a second capacitor plate. The capacitor plates have teeth capable of inter-digitating. The deformable connector is configured to apply a mecha... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110188104 | MOVING STRUCTURE AND LIGHT SCANNING MIRROR USING THE SAME In a semiconductor mechanical structure, hinges may not be broken even when a mechanical shock is applied from outside, and thus, crashworthy is enhanced. A light scanning mirror includes a moving plate, a twin hinges constituting an axis of swing motion of the moving p... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110140570 | ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATOR According to one embodiment, an electrostatic actuator includes an electrode unit, a conductive film body unit, a plurality of first urging units, and a plurality of second urging units. The electrode unit is provided on a substrate. The conductive film body unit is pro... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110115762 | MEMS DEVICES HAVING OVERLYING SUPPORT STRUCTURES AND METHODS OF FABRICATING THE SAME Embodiments of MEMS devices comprise a conductive movable layer spaced apart from a conductive fixed layer by a gap, and supported by rigid support structures, or rivets, overlying depressions in the conductive movable layer, or by posts underlying depressions in the co... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110100012 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING THERMAL ENERGY A system and method for transmitting thermal energy. The system includes an intake for introducing air at a first temperature; an exhaust for exhausting the air, the exhaust being provided at a higher vertical elevation than intake; and a thermal energy source provided ... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110090551 | Micromechanical assembly having a displaceable component A micromechanical assembly having a mounting, at least one stator electrode comb, which is fixedly placed on the mounting, having at least two stator electrode fingers, whose central longitudinal axes are on a central plane of the stator electrode comb, at least one act... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20100253746 | ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATOR, LIQUID DROPLET DISCHARGING HEAD, METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THEM, AND LIQUID DROPLET DISCHARGING APPARATUS To allow formation of an insulation film to be applied even to a glass substrate without depending on a substrate material so as to improve pressure generated by an electrostatic actuator, as well as to achieve improvement in driving stability and driving durability of ... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100253925 | Microactuator,optical device, display apparatus, exposure apparatus, and method for producing device A microactuator includes a base member, a plate-shaped member which is deflectively deformable, and a driving force applying device. A driving objective is connected to a predetermined portion of a deflectively deformable area of the plate-shaped member. The driving for... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100237738 | MOVING A FREE-STANDING STRUCTURE BETWEEN HIGH AND LOW ADHESION STATES Embodiments disclosed herein generally solve a stiction problem in switching devices by using a series of pulses of force which take the switch from being strongly adhered to a landing electrode to the point where it is only weakly adhered. Once in the low adhesion stat... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100219716 | MICRO DEVICE HAVING A MOVABLE STRUCTURE The micro device includes a support substrate, and a movable structure configured to move with respect to the support substrate. At least one of the support substrate and the movable structure is provided with at least one protrusion protruding towards the other of the ... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100213791 | OSCILLATOR DEVICE An oscillator device that includes a movable body oscillatably supported about a rotation axis, wherein the movable body is separated into plural electrically separated conductive regions in the thickness direction, and at least one of the plural electrically separated ... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100194237 | MEMS DEVICES AND SYSTEMS ACTUATED BY AN ENERGY FIELD A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device includes an actuator having a plurality of charge collection elements. At least one of the charge collection elements is configured to build up electrical charges by directly interacting with an energy field thereby actuatin... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100181944 | MICROMECHANICAL COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A MICROMECHANICAL COMPONENT A micromechanical component includes a first electrode and a second electrode, the first electrode being moveable relative to the second electrode in a main direction of movement, and the first electrode and/or the second electrode being configured such that a movement ... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100163376 | Electrostatic Actuator The present invention relates to a micro-electromechnical system (MEMS) and, more particularly, to an electrostatic actuator, and a driving method thereof and an application device thereof. The electrostatic actuator in accordance with the ... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100133952 | Complex Microdevices and Apparatus and Methods for Fabricating Such Devices Various embodiments of the invention are directed to various microdevices including sensors, actuators, valves, scanning mirrors, accelerometers, switches, and the like. In some embodiments the devices are formed via electrochemical fabrication (EFAB®).... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100107758 | STRUCTURAL MEMBER HAVING A PLURALITY OF CONDUCTIVE REGIONS A structural member having a plurality of conductive regions electrically insulated from each other, in which the plurality of conductive regions are electrically insulated from each other by continuous oxidized regions, and the oxidized regions are each formed of an ox... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100090563 | Energy Collection An energy collection system may collect and use the energy generated by an electric field. Collection fibers are suspended from a support wire system supported by poles. The support wire system is electrically connected to a load by a connecting wire. The collection fib... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100090562 | Energy Collection An energy collection system may collect and use the energy generated by an electric field. Collection fibers are suspended from a support wire system supported by poles. The support wire system is electrically connected to a load by a connecting wire. The collection fib... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100085843 | ELECTROSTATIC MOTOR INCLUDING AN ACTUATOR The electrostatic motor includes an electrostatic actuator (10) and a pulse generator (7, 8) for actuating said actuator with sufficient energy to drive the motor, the pulse generator is adapted to determine a pulse voltage level (UD) and a shor... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100079031 | ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATOR AND POWER GENERATOR This electrostatic actuator includes an electret film and a conductor layer formed on the electret film, and the conductor layer is so formed as to have a sectional shape reduced in width upward from the side closer to the electret film.... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100067078 | ACTUATOR The present invention is directed to a bi-axial pivoting type actuator having a first movable section, a second movable section supporting the first movable section, and backlining. A first conductive portion and a second conductive portion for independently applying a ... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100053271 | ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATOR FOR INK JET HEADS An electrostatic inkjet head providing high pressure to ink in order to enable high quality printing. The electrostatic actuator providing the pressure to the membrane (200) compressing the ink in a chamber (50) with an opening (20) is characterized... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100033054 | PATTERNED DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER ACTUATOR AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME A patterned dielectric elastomer actuator is disclosed which includes a series of thin parallel elastomer filaments, separated by certain distances sandwiched between a pair of rigid electrodes. The elastomer filaments and air acts as a patterned dielectric layer. The e... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100007239 | Atmospheric electrical generator with change of state A mechanism to tap an electrical source which uses an aircraft (10) (preferably a lighter than air balloon) tethered by a conductive line (12). The conductive line (12) is extended/withdrawn by a winch motor (13, 14) to adjust the altitude of... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20100007240 | MECHANICAL META-MATERIALS The present invention provides meta-materials with an actively controllable mechanical property. The meta-material includes a deformable structure and a set of activation elements. The activation elements are controllable between multiple states. The meta-material inclu... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20090322260 | ELECTROSTATIC MICROACTUATOR Electrostatic microactuators are described in which stationary electrodes (4) and movable electrodes (3) mounted on flexures (6) have relative locations and mechanical properties such that non-linear pull-in/pull-out behavior is displayed when a vol... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090289523 | PROTECTION DEVICE In an embodiment, a device is provided comprising an accelerometer and an electroactive material. A control circuit is coupled between the accelerometer and the electroactive material.... | 11/26/2009 |
| 20090289524 | Colloid motor: a mechanical mechanism that harnesses colloid forces to serve as a memory, oscillator, or amplifier in the mechanical domain; a hair cell mimesis The colloid motor disclosed here is a method of using the colloid forces between two particles that arise from the interaction of Van der Walls attraction and electrostatic repulsion when the distance between them is measured in, at most, tens of nanometers. By applying... | 11/26/2009 |
| 20090278628 | INTEGRATED SINGLE-CRYSTAL MEMS DEVICE Method of manufacturing a MEMS device integrated in a silicon substrate. In parallel to the manufacturing of the MEMS device passive components as trench capacitors with a high capacitance density can be processed. The method is especially suited for MEMS resonators wit... | 11/12/2009 |
| 20090273255 | ACTUATOR USING COMB-TOOTH An actuator comprises a connection section having one end rotatably connected to a connection point (C1) of a fixed section and the other end rotatably connected to a connection point (C2) of a moving section, a connection section having one end rotatably ... | 11/05/2009 |
| 20090260960 | SWITCH FOR USE IN MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS (MEMS) AND MEMS DEVICES INCORPORATING SAME Embodiments of the present invention provide microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) switching methods and apparatus having improved performance and lifetime as compared to conventional MEMS switches. In some embodiments, a MEMS switch may include a resilient contact elem... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090243429 | OPERATION APPARATUS An operation apparatus includes a first electrode, and a second electrode including an electric field or magnetic field generating region, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are so arranged that a center of the first electrode in a movement direction a... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090236932 | ELECTROSTATIC ACTING DEVICE An electrostatic acting device is so formed that a distance between partial regions of a first electrode of a first substrate and a second electrode of a second substrate is smaller than an interelectrode distance controlled by a gap control portion.... | 09/24/2009 |
| 20090225387 | MICRO MOVABLE ELEMENT A micro movable element including a movable portion; first and second driving electrodes; first and second conductor portions electrically connected to the first and second driving electrodes, respectively; an intermediate insulating portion disposed between the first c... | 09/10/2009 |
