Patent ID: 6351051
Filing Date: 2002-02-26
Classification: B81B,H02K,Y10T

Abstract:
A microelectromechanical systems actuator, comprising:(a) a substrate; (b) a magnetic flux generator providing a magnetic flux along a flux direction; and (c) a substantially planar device coupled to the substrate, the planar device being moveable between a first position and a second position, the planar device further having an electrically conductive portion thereon, and wherein activation of the magnetic flux generator creates a time-varying, first magnetic flux along the flux direction that induces an electromotive force in the conductive portion of the planar device that creates a second magnetic flux in a direction that opposes the flux direction so as to create a repulsive magnetic force between the magnetic flux generator and the planar device that moves the planar device from the first position to the second position.