AU2002210805A1 - Direct acting vertical thermal actuator - Google Patents

Direct acting vertical thermal actuator

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AU2002210805A1
AU2002210805A1 AU2002210805A AU1080502A AU2002210805A1 AU 2002210805 A1 AU2002210805 A1 AU 2002210805A1 AU 2002210805 A AU2002210805 A AU 2002210805A AU 1080502 A AU1080502 A AU 1080502A AU 2002210805 A1 AU2002210805 A1 AU 2002210805A1
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thermal actuator
direct acting
vertical thermal
acting vertical
actuator
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Abandoned
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AU2002210805A
Inventor
Douglas P. Goetz
Kathy L. Hagen
Mike E. Hamerly
Robert G. Smith
Silva K. Theiss
Billy L. Weaver
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3M Innovative Properties Co
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3M Innovative Properties Co
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    • B81B3/00—Devices comprising flexible or deformable elements, e.g. comprising elastic tongues or membranes
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    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
    • G02B6/35—Optical coupling means having switching means
    • G02B6/3564—Mechanical details of the actuation mechanism associated with the moving element or mounting mechanism details
    • G02B6/358—Latching of the moving element, i.e. maintaining or holding the moving element in place once operation has been performed; includes a mechanically bistable system
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B81—MICROSTRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGY
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    • B81B3/00—Devices comprising flexible or deformable elements, e.g. comprising elastic tongues or membranes
    • B81B3/0018—Structures acting upon the moving or flexible element for transforming energy into mechanical movement or vice versa, i.e. actuators, sensors, generators
    • B81B3/0024—Transducers for transforming thermal into mechanical energy or vice versa, e.g. thermal or bimorph actuators
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B81—MICROSTRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGY
    • B81B—MICROSTRUCTURAL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS, e.g. MICROMECHANICAL DEVICES
    • B81B3/00—Devices comprising flexible or deformable elements, e.g. comprising elastic tongues or membranes
    • B81B3/0035—Constitution or structural means for controlling the movement of the flexible or deformable elements
    • B81B3/0037—For increasing stroke, i.e. achieve large displacement of actuated parts
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B82—NANOTECHNOLOGY
    • B82Y—SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MEASUREMENT OR ANALYSIS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF NANOSTRUCTURES
    • B82Y15/00—Nanotechnology for interacting, sensing or actuating, e.g. quantum dots as markers in protein assays or molecular motors
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01G—CAPACITORS; CAPACITORS, RECTIFIERS, DETECTORS, SWITCHING DEVICES OR LIGHT-SENSITIVE DEVICES, OF THE ELECTROLYTIC TYPE
    • H01G5/00—Capacitors in which the capacitance is varied by mechanical means, e.g. by turning a shaft; Processes of their manufacture
    • H01G5/16—Capacitors in which the capacitance is varied by mechanical means, e.g. by turning a shaft; Processes of their manufacture using variation of distance between electrodes
    • H01G5/18—Capacitors in which the capacitance is varied by mechanical means, e.g. by turning a shaft; Processes of their manufacture using variation of distance between electrodes due to change in inclination, e.g. by flexing, by spiral wrapping
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H61/00—Electrothermal relays
    • H01H61/04—Electrothermal relays wherein the thermally-sensitive member is only heated directly
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    • B81B2201/00—Specific applications of microelectromechanical systems
    • B81B2201/03—Microengines and actuators
    • B81B2201/031—Thermal actuators
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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    • B81B2201/04—Optical MEMS
    • B81B2201/045—Optical switches
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    • B81B2203/00—Basic microelectromechanical structures
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    • B81—MICROSTRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGY
    • B81B—MICROSTRUCTURAL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS, e.g. MICROMECHANICAL DEVICES
    • B81B2203/00—Basic microelectromechanical structures
    • B81B2203/05—Type of movement
    • B81B2203/053—Translation according to an axis perpendicular to the substrate
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
    • G02B6/35—Optical coupling means having switching means
    • G02B6/351—Optical coupling means having switching means involving stationary waveguides with moving interposed optical elements
    • G02B6/3512—Optical coupling means having switching means involving stationary waveguides with moving interposed optical elements the optical element being reflective, e.g. mirror
    • G02B6/352—Optical coupling means having switching means involving stationary waveguides with moving interposed optical elements the optical element being reflective, e.g. mirror the reflective optical element having a shaped reflective surface, e.g. a reflective element comprising several reflective surfaces or facets that function together
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
    • G02B6/35—Optical coupling means having switching means
    • G02B6/3564—Mechanical details of the actuation mechanism associated with the moving element or mounting mechanism details
    • G02B6/3568—Mechanical details of the actuation mechanism associated with the moving element or mounting mechanism details characterised by the actuating force
    • G02B6/3576—Temperature or heat actuation
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H1/00—Contacts
    • H01H1/0036—Switches making use of microelectromechanical systems [MEMS]
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H61/00—Electrothermal relays
    • H01H2061/006—Micromechanical thermal relay
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H61/00—Electrothermal relays
    • H01H2061/006—Micromechanical thermal relay
    • H01H2061/008—Micromechanical actuator with a cold and a hot arm, coupled together at one end
AU2002210805A 2000-09-12 2001-08-17 Direct acting vertical thermal actuator Abandoned AU2002210805A1 (en)

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US09/659,572 US6708491B1 (en) 2000-09-12 2000-09-12 Direct acting vertical thermal actuator
US09659572 2000-09-12
PCT/IB2001/001970 WO2002023574A1 (en) 2000-09-12 2001-08-17 Direct acting vertical thermal actuator

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EP (1) EP1317762A1 (en)
JP (1) JP2004516150A (en)
KR (1) KR20030067664A (en)
AU (1) AU2002210805A1 (en)
CA (1) CA2422007A1 (en)
IL (1) IL154619A0 (en)
TW (1) TW517041B (en)
WO (1) WO2002023574A1 (en)

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