GB2393036B - Electro-active elements & devices - Google Patents

Electro-active elements & devices

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GB2393036B
GB2393036B GB0400664A GB0400664A GB2393036B GB 2393036 B GB2393036 B GB 2393036B GB 0400664 A GB0400664 A GB 0400664A GB 0400664 A GB0400664 A GB 0400664A GB 2393036 B GB2393036 B GB 2393036B
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electro
elongate member
activation
curve
extend along
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Anthony Hooley
Ursula Ruth Lenel
David Henry Pearce
Gareth Mckevitt
Mark Richard Shepherd
Gary Lock
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N—ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N30/00—Piezoelectric or electrostrictive devices
    • H10N30/20—Piezoelectric or electrostrictive devices with electrical input and mechanical output, e.g. functioning as actuators or vibrators
    • H10N30/204—Piezoelectric or electrostrictive devices with electrical input and mechanical output, e.g. functioning as actuators or vibrators using bending displacement, e.g. unimorph, bimorph or multimorph cantilever or membrane benders
    • H10N30/2041—Beam type
    • H10N30/2042—Cantilevers, i.e. having one fixed end
    • H10N30/2044—Cantilevers, i.e. having one fixed end having multiple segments mechanically connected in series, e.g. zig-zag type
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N—ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N30/00—Piezoelectric or electrostrictive devices
    • H10N30/20—Piezoelectric or electrostrictive devices with electrical input and mechanical output, e.g. functioning as actuators or vibrators
    • H10N30/204—Piezoelectric or electrostrictive devices with electrical input and mechanical output, e.g. functioning as actuators or vibrators using bending displacement, e.g. unimorph, bimorph or multimorph cantilever or membrane benders
    • H10N30/2041—Beam type
    • H10N30/2042—Cantilevers, i.e. having one fixed end
    • H10N30/2045—Cantilevers, i.e. having one fixed end adapted for in-plane bending displacement

Abstract

An electro-active element comprises at least one elongate member of electro-active material (11) extending along a curve and having two pairs of electrodes (12, 13) spaced across the width W of the elongate member radially of the curve. The electrodes of each pair extend along the length L of the elongate member on opposite sides of the member for developing an electric field across a region of the member therebetween on activation. The material of the elongate member in each region is poled parallel to the electric field to be capable of activation in an expansion-contraction mode with a differential change in length L of the two regions (15, 16) concomitantly with bending of the member parallel to the width of the member so that said bending is concomitant with relative rotation of the ends of the element about an axis on the inner side of the curve. The electro-active element may extend along a helix. The helix may itself extend along a curved axis resulting in a device which twists around the curved axis and concomitantly generates linear displacement between the ends of the device on activation.
GB0400664A 2001-06-20 2002-06-19 Electro-active elements & devices Expired - Fee Related GB2393036B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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GBGB0115064.8A GB0115064D0 (en) 2001-06-20 2001-06-20 Electro-active elements and devices
PCT/GB2002/002854 WO2002103818A2 (en) 2001-06-20 2002-06-19 Electro-active elements & devices

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GB0400664D0 GB0400664D0 (en) 2004-02-11
GB2393036A GB2393036A (en) 2004-03-17
GB2393036B true GB2393036B (en) 2004-12-22

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WO1998009339A1 (en) * 1996-08-29 1998-03-05 The University Of Birmingham Piezoelectric elements and devices incorporating same
WO1999013681A2 (en) * 1997-09-05 1999-03-18 1... Ipr Limited Aerogels, piezoelectric devices, and uses therefor
WO2001095329A1 (en) * 2000-06-08 2001-12-13 Sae Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd. Dual stage actuator systems for high density hard disk drives using annular rotary piezoelectric actuators
WO2002045181A1 (en) * 2000-11-28 2002-06-06 Sae Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd. Head gimbal assembly with piezoelectric microactuator

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WO1998009339A1 (en) * 1996-08-29 1998-03-05 The University Of Birmingham Piezoelectric elements and devices incorporating same
WO1999013681A2 (en) * 1997-09-05 1999-03-18 1... Ipr Limited Aerogels, piezoelectric devices, and uses therefor
GB2329514A (en) * 1997-09-05 1999-03-24 1 Ipr Limited Piezoelectric devices, aerogels and uses therefore
WO2001095329A1 (en) * 2000-06-08 2001-12-13 Sae Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd. Dual stage actuator systems for high density hard disk drives using annular rotary piezoelectric actuators
WO2002045181A1 (en) * 2000-11-28 2002-06-06 Sae Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd. Head gimbal assembly with piezoelectric microactuator

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Title
IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Vol 34, No 4, July 1998, pages 1907-1909 *
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Vol 40, No 9B, September 2001, pages 5761-5765 *
Piezoelectrics and Acoustooptics, Vol 20, No 5, 1998, pages 308-312 *

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WO2002103818A3 (en) 2003-10-30
GB0115064D0 (en) 2001-08-15
WO2002103818A2 (en) 2002-12-27
GB2393036A (en) 2004-03-17
GB0400664D0 (en) 2004-02-11

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