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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2006
Applicants:
Zhizhang Chen, Corvallis, OR (US);
Hang Liao, Corvallis, OR (US);
Sriram Ramamoorthi, Corvallis, OR (US);
Timothy F. Myers, Philomath, OR (US);
Inventors:
Zhizhang Chen, Corvallis, OR (US);
Hang Liao, Corvallis, OR (US);
Sriram Ramamoorthi, Corvallis, OR (US);
Timothy F. Myers, Philomath, OR (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 26/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A MEMS device includes at least one movable member and an active device having at least one property affected by the location of the movable member with respect to the active device. A control circuit is used to limit movement of the movable member based on observation of the property affected by the active device.