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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2006
Applicants:
Huikai Xie, Gainesville, FL (US);
Shane T. Todd, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Huikai Xie, Gainesville, FL (US);
Shane T. Todd, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Assignee:
University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Gainesville, FL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02N 10/00 (2006.01); H02N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A MEMS vertical displacement device for vertically displacing and tilting a vertically displaceable platform. The vertically displaceable platform may be displaced using a plurality of recurve actuators configured to provide vertical displacement without horizontal movement. The vertically displaceable platform may be tilted about two axes to yield tilting that is advantageous in numerous applications. The recurve actuators may be thermal, piezoelectric or formed from other appropriate materials.