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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2013
Applicant:
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Zhishan Hua, Durham, NC (US);
Erdogan Gulari, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Mark A. Burns, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Rohit Pal, Fishkill, NY (US);
Onnop Srivannavit, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 3/24 (2006.01); B32B 3/26 (2006.01); F16K 7/12 (2006.01); F16K 7/17 (2006.01); F16K 31/02 (2006.01); F16K 31/126 (2006.01); F16K 99/00 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); F15B 15/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 99/0032 (2013.01); B01L 3/50273 (2013.01); B01L 3/502707 (2013.01); B01L 3/502715 (2013.01); B01L 3/502738 (2013.01); F15B 15/10 (2013.01); F16K 99/0044 (2013.01); B01L 3/502746 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0819 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0481 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0655 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0677 (2013.01); Y10T 137/0391 (2015.04); Y10T 137/1624 (2015.04); Y10T 137/1812 (2015.04); Y10T 137/218 (2015.04); Y10T 137/2142 (2015.04); Y10T 137/2191 (2015.04); Y10T 137/2196 (2015.04); Y10T 137/2202 (2015.04); Y10T 137/2218 (2015.04); Y10T 428/23 (2015.01); Y10T 428/234 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24322 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24331 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24612 (2015.01);
Abstract
A microactuator may be configured by activating a source of electromagnetic radiation to heat and melt a selected set of phase-change plugs embedded in a substrate of the microactuator, pressurizing a common pressure chamber adjacent to each of the plugs to deform the melted plugs, and deactivating the source of electromagnetic radiation to cool and solidify the melted plugs.