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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2015
Applicant:
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (US);
Inventors:
Robert F. Shepherd, Brooktondale, NY (US);
Benjamin C. MacMurray, Ithaca, NY (US);
Huichan Zhao, Ithaca, NY (US);
Assignee:
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08J 9/26 (2006.01); C08J 9/08 (2006.01); C08J 9/10 (2006.01); C08J 9/36 (2006.01); F15B 15/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08J 9/26 (2013.01); C08J 9/08 (2013.01); C08J 9/10 (2013.01); C08J 9/365 (2013.01); F15B 15/103 (2013.01); C08J 2201/026 (2013.01); C08J 2201/0444 (2013.01); C08J 2201/0446 (2013.01); C08J 2203/02 (2013.01); C08J 2203/04 (2013.01); C08J 2203/10 (2013.01); C08J 2205/05 (2013.01); C08J 2205/06 (2013.01); C08J 2207/00 (2013.01); C08J 2300/26 (2013.01); C08J 2383/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
Soft actuators are fabricated from materials that enable the actuators to be constructed with an open-celled architecture such as an interconnected network of pore elements. The movement of a soft actuator is controlled by manipulating the open-celled architecture, for example inflating/deflating select portions of the open-celled architecture using a substance such as compressed fluid.