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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2018
Facebook Technologies, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Jack Lindsay, Seattle, WA (US);
Katherine Marie Smyth, Seattle, WA (US);
Thomas John Farrell Wallin, Redmond, WA (US);
Andrew John Ouderkirk, Redmond, WA (US);
Tanya Malhotra, Redmond, WA (US);
Austin Lane, Bellevue, WA (US);
Christopher Yuan Ting Liao, Seattle, WA (US);
Yigit Menguc, Kirkland, WA (US);
Facebook Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
A device may include a primary electrode, a secondary electrode overlapping at least a portion of the primary electrode, and an electroactive polymer element disposed between and abutting the primary electrode and the secondary electrode. The electroactive polymer element may include a nanovoided polymer material whereby resistance to deformation of the electroactive polymer element is non-linear with respect to an amount of deformation of the electroactive polymer element. Various other devices, method, and systems are also disclosed.