Patent ID: 7064879
Filing Date: 2006-06-20
Classification: B81B,G02B,H01F,H01H,H02K,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A microelectrical mechanical actuator, comprising: (a) a planar substrate; (b) a first coil member having a first end fixedly coupled to the substrate and a second end that is decoupled from the substrate; (c) a second coil member having a first end fixedly coupled to the substrate and a second end that is decoupled from the substrate and wherein the second ends of the first and second coil members are coupled together; and (d) magnetic flux means located proximate the first and second coil members that provides a first magnetic flux, and wherein electrical current is conducted along the first and second coil members and thereby creates a coil magnetic flux in the first and second coils and the first magnetic flux is substantially opposed to the coil magnetic flux thereby causing the second ends of the first and second coil members to move relative to the substrate.