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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2006
Applicants:
Masayoshi Ishibashi, Tokyo, JP;
Midori Kato, Kawagoe, JP;
Inventors:
Masayoshi Ishibashi, Tokyo, JP;
Midori Kato, Kawagoe, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 41/053 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A lightweight, compact, and flexible organic actuator module that is stably operated in a gas such as air and safely handled has a structure in which an organic actuator and a counter electrode immersed in electrolyte solution together with the gas are stored and sealed in a container provided with a flexible portion. In the actuator module, both ends of the organic actuator are fixed to the container, and only one end of the counter electrode is fixed to the container.