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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2004
Applicants:
Livia M. Racz, Belmont, MA (US);
Chandrashekhar H. Joshi, Bedford, MA (US);
Inventors:
Livia M. Racz, Belmont, MA (US);
Chandrashekhar H. Joshi, Bedford, MA (US);
Assignee:
Energen, Inc., Lowell, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01F 7/00 (2006.01); H01H 55/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Magnetostrictive actuator. The actuator includes a flexible substrate and a magnetostrictive film on the substrate. The shape of the flexible substrate is altered in the presence of a magnetic field.