Patent ID: 6495893
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: B81B

Abstract:
A micro-mechanical actuator for actuating an object in a micro-electro-mechanical system, comprising:a substrate for being flexibly connected thereto said object; a first actuating force generator positioned on said substrate for generating a first actuating force; a first auxiliary lever having opposite first and second portions thereof flexibly connected to said first actuating force generator and a first end of said object, respectively, for performing a first levering operation to transmit said object in response to said first actuating force; and a first fulcrum element connected to said first auxiliary lever for allowing said first auxiliary lever to perform said first levering operation thereabout, and arranged at a first specific position for allowing said second portion of said first auxiliary lever has a first shift larger than a second shift of said first portion of said first auxiliary lever in response to said first actuating force.