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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:
Dec. 23, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2007
Applicants:
Ronald E. Pelrine, Longmont, CO (US);
Roy D. Kornbluh, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Qibing Pei, Temecula, CA (US);
Jose P. Joseph, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ronald E. Pelrine, Longmont, CO (US);
Roy D. Kornbluh, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Qibing Pei, Temecula, CA (US);
Jose P. Joseph, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
SRI International, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 41/047 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Described herein are transducers, their use and fabrication. The transducers convert between mechanical and electrical energy. The present invention further relates to compliant electrodes that conform to the shape of a polymer included in a transducer.