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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2018
Facebook Technologies, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Yigit Mengue, Kirkland, WA (US);
Andrew John Ouderkirk, Redmond, WA (US);
Christopher Yuan Ting Liao, Seattle, WA (US);
Katherine Marie Smyth, Seattle, WA (US);
Thomas John Farrell Wallin, Redmond, WA (US);
Jack Lindsay, Seattle, WA (US);
Austin Lane, Bellevue, WA (US);
Tanya Malhotra, Redmond, WA (US);
Kenneth Diest, Kirkland, WA (US);
Facebook Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
In some embodiments, a device, such as a transducer, includes a polymer element disposed between electrodes, and a control circuit configured to apply electrical potentials having the same polarity to the electrodes. A separation distance between the electrodes may be increased by an electrostatic repulsion between the electrodes. Various other devices, systems, methods, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.