Patent ID: 6750594
Filing Date: 2004-06-15
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
A piezoelectric activated relay comprising:a liquid metal channel; a first and second set of piezoelectric elements, each of said set of piezoelectric elements forming sidewalls to a first and second chamber and each of said chambers being connected to said channel via a first and second conduit respectively; a first, second and third contact pad equally separated from each other, each of said contact pads having at least a portion within the chamber; and a moveable conductive liquid within the channel, a first portion of the liquid being wetted to the first of said contact pads and a portion of the liquid wetted to both the second and third of said contact pads; wherein said chambers and said channel are filled with a fluid and wherein said portion of the liquid wetted to said second and third of said contact pads is moveable toward said portion wetted to the first of said contact pads.