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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2014
Applicant:
President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventors:
Bobak Mosadegh, Boston, MA (US);
Robert F. Shepherd, Brooktondale, NY (US);
George M. Whitesides, Newton, MA (US);
Assignee:
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE, Cambridge, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/14 (2006.01); B25J 18/06 (2006.01); B25J 15/12 (2006.01); F15B 15/10 (2006.01); B29C 65/70 (2006.01); F15B 15/08 (2006.01); B29L 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 15/0023 (2013.01); B25J 9/142 (2013.01); B25J 15/12 (2013.01); B25J 18/06 (2013.01); B29C 65/70 (2013.01); F15B 15/08 (2013.01); F15B 15/103 (2013.01); B29L 2009/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
An actuator includes a plurality of chambers comprised of an extensible material, the chambers having interior side walls and exterior walls, wherein at least a portion of the interior side wall is separated from an interior side wall of an adjacent chamber; and a strain limiting base; and a channel that fluidically interconnects the plurality of chambers, wherein the interior walls are configured to be more compliant than the exterior walls.