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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2009
Applicants:
Pu Qian, Wako, JP;
Kazuhiro Kagawa, Wako, JP;
Akihisa Tanaka, Wako, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01B 1/00 (2006.01); H01B 1/12 (2006.01); C08K 5/15 (2006.01); C08K 5/1535 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A conductive polymer doped with a dopant can be expanded and contracted when electrically oxidized and reduced in a driving electrolytic solution containing an anion, and thereby can act as an actuator element in an actuator. The anion is a fluorine-containing ion derived from a strong acid, and the dopant is an aromatic sulfonate ion free of fluorine. The conductive polymer is a polymer containing a 5-membered heterocyclic moiety as a repeating unit, such as a polypyrrole or a polythiophene. When the conductive polymer is in an oxidized state, at least part of the 5-membered heterocyclic moieties has a carbonyl group.