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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2008
Applicants:
Robert C. Davis, Provo, UT (US);
Richard R. Vanfleet, Provo, UT (US);
David N. Hutchison, Ithaca, NY (US);
Inventors:
Robert C. Davis, Provo, UT (US);
Richard R. Vanfleet, Provo, UT (US);
David N. Hutchison, Ithaca, NY (US);
Assignee:
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02N 1/00 (2006.01); H02N 10/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A carbon nanotube MEMS assembly comprises a plurality of carbon nanotubes oriented into a patterned frame, the patterned frame defining at least two components of a MEMS device. An interstitial material at least partially binds adjacent carbon nanotubes one to another. At least one component of the frame is fixed and at least one component of the frame is movable relative to the fixed component.