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Patent No.:

US 5113117 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 1992

Filed:

Sep. 08, 1989

Miniature electrical and mechanical structures useful for constructing

Applicant:
Inventors:

Rodney A Brooks, Lincoln, MA (US);

Lee S Tavrow, Somerville, MA (US);

Anita M Flynn, Arlington, MA (US);

Assignee:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);

Attorney:

Fish & Richardson

Primary Examiner:

Steven L Stephan

Assistant Examiner:

Thomas M Dougherty

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
310328 ; 310309 ; 310330 ; 310332 ; 357 26 ; 357 80 ; 29837 ; 29838 ; 29839 ; 361400 ; 361405 ;
Abstract

An electrical device comprises a three-dimensional body formed from an organic polymer and a plurality of electrical elements attached to the body. The body has a regular pattern of sockets in its surface, and the electrical elements have barbed appendages, or, alternatively, the body has appendages and the electrical elements have sockets. The elements are affixed to the body by insertion of the appendages into the sockets. Electrical connections between the electrical elements are formed by selective deposition of tungsten onto the surface of the body with a scanning laser beam. A miniature ('gnat') robot can be constructed using those constructional techniques.

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Brooks, Rodney. (1992). Miniature electrical and mechanical structures useful for constructing (U.S. Patent No. 5113117). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5113117

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