Patent ID: 7394181
Filing Date: 2008-07-01
Classification: H01L,H02N,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An electromechanical actuation system, comprising: a first electromechanical clement including a first electromechanically active component that expands in a transverse direction when electric power is applied thereto; a second electromechanical element including a second electromechanically active component, that contracts in a transverse direction when electric power is applied thereto, said first and second electromechanical elements being (i) disposed in relation to one another such that said transverse directions thereof are parallel to one another, and (ii) mechanically coupled to one another at least at two opposing edges thereof; wherein said first and second electromechanically active components will displace in opposing directions simultaneously upon application of the same electrical power; and an electric power source coupled to said first and second electromechanically active components for simultaneously applying electric power thereto.