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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2007
Applicants:
Hiroaki Rikihisa, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuya Hamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Ooi, Hiratsuka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignees:
The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/453 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A liquid actuator, which contains: an electrolyte layer () containing a liquid, two or more electrically separated electrode parts () on one or both sides of the electrolyte layer, and a water-repellent layer () having a porous structure on an outside surface of at least one of the electrode parts, in which the electrolyte layer (), the electrode parts (), and the water-repellent layer () form a structural body,