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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2015
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Stefan Grubic, Albany, NY (US);
Nathaniel Benedict Hawes, Milton, NY (US);
Manoj Ramprasad Shah, Latham, NY (US);
Martin Kin-Fei Lee, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Rui Zhou, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Kevin Michael Grace, Halfmoon, NY (US);
Qin Chen, Schenectady, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A switched capacitive device includes a stationary portion including a plurality of first electrodes extending at least partially in a longitudinal dimension. Each first electrode has a first substantially active electrode volume. The device also includes a translatable portion including a plurality of second electrodes proximate the plurality of first electrodes. Each second electrode has a second substantially active electrode volume. The first active electrode volume is greater than the second active electrode volume. The second electrodes are translatable with respect to the first electrodes. The second electrodes extend at least partially in the longitudinal dimension. The first electrodes are configured to induce substantially linear motion of the second electrodes in the longitudinal dimension through the use of an electric field induced by at least a portion of the first electrodes.