Bayer Materialscience Ag

Parker-hannifin Corporation

Artificial Muscle, Inc.

Otto Hui

Jonathan R Heim

Ilya Polyakov

Alireza Zarrabi

Silmon James Biggs

Roger Nelson Hitchcock

Gordon Russell

Chris A Weaber

Michael G Lipton

Thomas Kridl

Alrieza Zarrabi

Thomas A Kirdl

Alizreza Zarrabi

A method for fabricating electroactive polymer transducers, the includes providing an electroactive polymer film comprising an elastomeric dielectric polymer, forming an array of electrodes on the film, and sandwiching the electrode array between a top and bottom array of frame components to form an array of electroactive polymer transducers.

Method of manufacturing electroactive polymer transducers for sensory feedback applications

Electroactive polymer transducers for sensory feedback applications are disclosed.

Electroactive polymer transducers for sensory feedback applications

Method for fabricating electroactive polymer transducer

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.

Optical lens displacement systems

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 advantage in terms of matching transducer performance with a given application such as a normally-closed valve. The improved biasing (including increased output biasing) may utilize negative spring rate biasing and/or a combination of negative or zero-rate biasing with positive rate biasing to achieve the desired ends.

Electroactive polymer transducers biased for increased output

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Otto Hui