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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2011
Applicants:
Joerg Wallaschek, Paderborn, DE;
Sebastian Mojrzisch, Hannover, DE;
Jan Bremer, Hemmingen, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
GOTTFRIED WILHELM LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITAET HANNOVER, Hannover, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 41/08 (2006.01); H01L 41/053 (2006.01); H01L 41/25 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 41/053 (2013.01); H01L 41/0536 (2013.01); H01L 41/25 (2013.01); Y10T 29/42 (2015.01);
Abstract
A piezo actuator includes an actuator body with a plurality of piezo elements and a tensioning device loading the actuator body with a bias. The tensioning device includes a traction device mounted as a biased winding on the actuator body in a plurality of turns around the actuator body. The traction device is at least one of resilient or flexible.