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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2016
Applicant:
Mems Start, Llc, Arcadia, CA (US);
Inventor:
Roman Gutierrez, Arcadia, CA (US);
Assignee:
MEMS START, LLC, Arcadia, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02N 1/00 (2006.01); H02N 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02N 1/006 (2013.01); H02N 1/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and apparatuses are provided for increasing the possible force and/or travel generated in MEMS devices. For example, comb fingers may be utilized to form a strain actuator to generate larger forces. As another example, the force advantage of a parallel plate actuator is leveraged while also leveraging the travel advantage of comb drives to increase force and/or travel capable of being generated. The systems and apparatuses disclosed may utilize one or more comb drives operationally attached to one or more flexures and/or frames.