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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2015
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, Osaka, JP;
The School Corporation Kansai University, Suita-shi, Osaka, JP;
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai, JP;
THE SCHOOL CORPORATION KANSAI UNIVERSITY, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A moisture absorbing material (i) having has (a) a first state in which the moisture absorbing material is capable of absorbing moisture, and (b) a second state in which the moisture absorbing material releases the moisture absorbed in the first state, and (ii) has a property of changing from the first state to the second state in response to an external stimulus and returning from the second state to the first state when the external stimulus disappears, the moisture absorbing material includes: first through fourth moisture absorbing bodies which have respective different stimulus response levels and are provided in order of stimulus response level so as to be in contact with one another.