Patent ID: 6316863
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
A ceramic actuator, comprising:a multilayer construction, having at least one stack of alternating electrode layers and ceramic layers;at least two strip-shaped electrically conductive contact lugs which are attached to the stack laterally;each contact lug being connected to the electrode layers in an electrically conductive manner via an edge, and each contact lug having a protruding region to a side of said edge;an electrical terminal element on each contact lug in a region of an outer edge of the contact lug that is averted from the stack, said element being one of projecting beyond the contact lug laterally or beyond the stack in height; andthe terminal element has a metallic terminal pin which mechanically reinforces the outer edge of the contact lug and which extends along the outer edge over an entire height of the contact lug.