Patent ID: 11891986
Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. An artificial muscle device comprising:
an intermuscular board; and
one or more artificial muscles disposed on opposite sides of the intermuscular board, wherein each of the one or more artificial muscles comprises:
a housing comprising an electrode region and an expandable fluid region;
a dielectric fluid housed within the housing; and
an electrode pair positioned in the electrode region of the housing, the electrode pair comprising a first electrode and a second electrode, wherein the electrode pair is actuatable between a non-actuated state and an actuated state such that actuation from the non-actuated state to the actuated state directs the dielectric fluid into the expandable fluid region, expanding the expandable fluid region, thereby applying pressure to the intermuscular board.