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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2019
Meta Platforms Technologies, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Sheng Ye, Redmond, WA (US);
Spencer Allan Wells, Seattle, WA (US);
Andrew John Ouderkirk, Redmond, WA (US);
Kenneth Diest, Kirkland, WA (US);
Renate Eva Klementine Landig, Seattle, WA (US);
Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
An actuator includes a primary electrode, a secondary electrode overlapping at least a portion of the primary electrode, a nanovoided polymer layer disposed between and abutting the primary electrode and the secondary electrode, the nanovoided polymer layer having a plurality of nanovoids dispersed throughout a polymer matrix, and a sealing layer at least partially encapsulating the nanovoided polymer layer, where the nanovoids include a fill gas.