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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2021
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Michael P. Rowe, Pinckney, MI (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
An artificial muscle chair device includes a plurality of artificial muscles embedded in a chair. Each artificial muscle includes a housing having an electrode region and an expandable fluid region. A first electrode and a second electrode each disposed in the electrode region of the housing. The artificial muscle chair device further includes a dielectric fluid disposed within the housing. The first and second electrodes electrostatically attract, inflating the expandable fluid region with dielectric fluid and thereby applying selective pressure to an outer surface of the chair.