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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2021
Meta Platforms Technologies, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Andrew John Ouderkirk, Kirkland, WA (US);
Spencer Allan Wells, Seattle, WA (US);
Renate Eva Klementine Landig, Seattle, WA (US);
Kenneth Alexander Diest, Kirkland, WA (US);
Christopher Stipe, Woodinville, CA (US);
Robin Sharma, Woodinville, CA (US);
Jo Anne Etter, Kirkland, WA (US);
Nagi Hosni Elabbasi, Southborough, MA (US);
James Howard Thomas Ransley, Medford, MA (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, and an electroactive layer disposed between and abutting the primary electrode and the secondary electrode, where a mechanical deformation of the electroactive layer is locally controllable over an area of the actuator. The mechanical deformation of the electroactive layer may be configured to generate compound curvature, e.g., in an optical element co-integrated with the actuator, without buckling the optical element.