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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2010
Applicants:
Carlo Menon, Burnaby, CA;
John Berring, Coquitlam, CA;
Inventors:
Carlo Menon, Burnaby, CA;
John Berring, Coquitlam, CA;
Assignee:
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY, Burnaby, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F15B 15/10 (2006.01); B25J 9/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F15B 15/10 (2013.01); B25J 9/142 (2013.01); Y10T 29/494 (2015.01);
Abstract
A small, flexible fluidic actuator is presented which may be of millimeter scale in size and made of suitable flexible materials such as silicone. A manufacturing method and two analytical models for the device along with experimental test results are also disclosed. The flexible fluidic actuator devices disclosed include multidirectional fluidic actuator joints providing independently controllable multi-directional actuation movement. The dynamic behavior of the joints for various pressure loads was also characterized and described herein.