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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2011
Applicants:
Isao Takahashi, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Nobuaki Haga, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Isao Takahashi, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Nobuaki Haga, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 41/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An actuator element includes a first element unit configured to have one end being a fixed end and the other end being a free end and bends when voltage is applied, and a second element unit configured to have a shorter element length than the first element unit, have one end connected to the first element unit and bend in the opposite direction to the first element unit when voltage is applied and may support the first element unit.