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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2008
Applicant:
Larry Joseph Hornbeck, Van Alstyne, TX (US);
Inventor:
Larry Joseph Hornbeck, Van Alstyne, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 26/08 (2006.01); G02B 26/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A stabilizer mechanism is coupled to a deformable element of a microelectromechanical device for reducing unwanted deformation of the deformable element by increasing the stiffness of the deformable element in selected other directions than the direction along which desired deformation is performed.