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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2002
Jon Heim, Pacifica, CA (US);
Ronald E. Pelrine, Boulder, CO (US);
Roy D. Kornbluh, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Joseph Stephen Eckerle, Redwood City, CA (US);
Jon Heim, Pacifica, CA (US);
Ronald E. Pelrine, Boulder, CO (US);
Roy D. Kornbluh, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Joseph Stephen Eckerle, Redwood City, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
The present invention relates to mechanical-electrical power conversion systems. The systems comprise one or more electroactive polymers that convert between electrical and mechanical energy. When a voltage is applied to electrodes contacting an electroactive polymer, the polymer deflects. This deflection may be converted into rotation of a power shaft included in a motor. Repeated deflection of the polymer may then produce continuous rotation of the power shaft.