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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2014
Applicant:
Sri International, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ronald E. Pelrine, Longmont, CO (US);
Annjoe Wong-Foy, Pacifica, CA (US);
Assignee:
SRI INTERNATIONAL, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 41/02 (2006.01); H02K 41/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 41/03 (2013.01); H02K 2201/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system has a first operation substrate, the operation substrate having at least one sliding surface and at least one conductive trace in a layer in the substrate, at least one flex circuit magnetically coupled to the operation substrate, the flex circuit having at least one sliding surface and at least one conductive trace in the substrate, and at least one manipulator moveable across the sliding surfaces of the operation substrate and the flex circuit by magnetic fields generated by application of current to the conductive traces.