Patent ID: 8134276
Filing Date: 2012-03-13
Classification: B81B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A micro device, comprising: a substrate; a first micro structure fabricated on the substrate; a second micro structure fabricated on the substrate; a port configured to receive an input; the first micro structure coupled to the substrate and configured to move from a first in-plane position comprising an upper surface of the first micro structure parallel to the substrate to a second out-of-plane position comprising the upper surface of the first microstructure not parallel to the substrate and into assembly with the second micro structure coupled to the substrate to support relative movement between the first micro structure and the second micro structure in response to the input; the first micro structure and the second micro structure each sized from a micrometer to a millimeter; a micro chip having the substrate; and an on-chip actuator operable to move the first micro structure from the first position where the first micro structure is not engaged with the second micro structure to the second position where the first micro structure is engaged with the second micro structure in response to the input.