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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2012
Jack Y. Dea, San Diego, CA (US);
Jack Y. Dea, San Diego, CA (US);
The United States of America as represented by Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A variable gap switch includes a first electrode having a first gap surface; a second electrode having a second gap surface, the second gap surface formed in an initial fluid state that hardens to substantially conform to the first gap surface, the first electrode being moveable with respect to the second electrode; an alignment guide providing substantially parallel and substantially opposed alignment of the first gap surface and the second gap surface; and a displacement mechanism positioned to provide selective movement of the first electrode with respect to the second electrode so that a gap between the electrodes is selectively adjustable.