Patent ID: 11881359
Assignee: THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B | IPC B  H

Claim 0:
1. A microcapacitor array for providing artificial muscles, the microcapacitor array comprising:
a dielectric body with at least four electrode chambers;
at least two positive electrodes in at least two positive chambers of the at least four electrode chambers, the at least two positive electrodes being connected by a first plurality of channels in the dielectric frame; and
at least two negative electrodes in at least two negative chambers of the at least four electrode chambers, the at least two negative electrodes being connected by a second plurality of channels in the dielectric frame;
wherein the first and second plurality of channels are arranged such that application of a voltage differential between the at least two positive electrodes and the at least two negative electrodes generates an attractive force between each set of adjacent positive and negative electrodes in the at least two positive and at least two negative electrodes.