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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10567883 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020

Filed:

Jan. 25, 2018

Piezo-electric actuators

Applicant:

Audio Pixels Ltd., Rehovot, IL;

Inventors:

Shay Kaplan, Givat Elah, IL;

Yuval Cohen, Rehovot, IL;

Daniel Lewin, Ramat Hasharon, IL;

Meir Ben Simon, Givat Ela, IL;

Eric Andreas Haber, Kibbutz Kfar Menahem, IL;

Assignee:

AUDIO PIXELS LTD., Rehovot, IL;

Attorney:

Browdy and Neimark, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Jesse A Elbin

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 17/00 (2006.01); H01L 27/20 (2006.01); H01L 41/047 (2006.01); H01L 41/083 (2006.01); H01L 41/297 (2013.01); H01L 41/293 (2013.01); H01L 41/273 (2013.01); H01L 41/09 (2006.01); B81C 1/00 (2006.01); B81B 3/00 (2006.01); H01L 41/187 (2006.01); H04R 31/00 (2006.01); H04R 7/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 17/00 (2013.01); B81B 3/0021 (2013.01); B81C 1/00182 (2013.01); H01L 27/20 (2013.01); H01L 41/0471 (2013.01); H01L 41/0472 (2013.01); H01L 41/0475 (2013.01); H01L 41/0835 (2013.01); H01L 41/0973 (2013.01); H01L 41/273 (2013.01); H01L 41/293 (2013.01); H01L 41/297 (2013.01); B81B 2203/053 (2013.01); B81C 1/00158 (2013.01); H01L 41/187 (2013.01); H01L 41/1876 (2013.01); H04R 7/06 (2013.01); H04R 31/003 (2013.01); H04R 2201/003 (2013.01);
Abstract

There is provided a piezo-electric actuator comprising an assembly comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, and at least one piezoelectric layer located between said first electrode and said second electrode, wherein at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is split into at least two different sub-electrodes, wherein at least part of the assembly is configured to move along an axis perpendicular to a surface of the assembly, in response to an electrical stimulus applied to at least one of said first and second electrodes.

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