Anisotropic transducer
CA 2081093 A1 · Owner: Culp, Gordon Walter · Inventors: Culp, Gordon Walter
Overview
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This invention relates to an actuator which changes its length without changing its width or breadth dimensions. Four shear electrodeformable bodies 4 are placed symmetrically on two faces of a central electrode 6. Each body also has a connecting electrode 8 attached to the electrodeformable body thus forming a tetramorph which, is the basic building block of the actuator. Each connecting electrode allows the tetramorphs to be attached to each other in layers and stacks to the desired dimensions of the actuator. Two of the electrodeformable bodies in the top half of the tetramorph are polarized to shear in one direction and the two electrodeformable bodies in the bottom half are polarized …
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- Filed October 21, 1992. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 21, 2012.
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