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Patent US7049732 - Electroactive polymers - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsThe present invention relates to transducers, their use and fabrication. The transducers convert between mechanical and electrical energy. Some transducers of the present invention include a pre-strained polymer. The pre-strain improves the conversion between electrical and mechanical energy. The present...http://www.google.com/patents/US7049732?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7049732 - Electroactive polymersAdvanced Patent SearchTry the new Google Patents, with machine-classified Google Scholar results, and Japanese and South Korean patents.Publication numberUS7049732 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 10/893,730Publication dateMay 23, 2006Filing dateJul 16, 2004Priority dateJul 20, 1999Fee statusPaidAlso published asUS6812624, US7199501, US7224106, US7259503, US7468575, US7923064, US8508109, US20040263028, US20060113878, US20060113880, US20060238079, US20080136052, US20080191585, US20110154641, US20110155307Publication number10893730, 893730, US 7049732 B2, US 7049732B2, US-B2-7049732, US7049732 B2, US7049732B2InventorsQibing Pei, Ronald E. Pelrine, Roy D. KornbluhOriginal AssigneeSri InternationalExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManNon-Patent Citations (2), Referenced by (106), Classifications (49), Legal Events (4) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetElectroactive polymers
This application claims priority to and is a divisional application of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/619,847, filed Jul. 20, 2000 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,812,624 and entitled, “IMPROVED ELECTROACTIVE POLYMERS, which is incorporated herein for all purposes, which claimed priority under 35 U.S.C. §19(e) from now abandoned U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/144,556 filed Jul. 20, 1999, naming R. E. Pelrine et al. as inventors, and titled “High-speed Electrically Actuated Polymers and Method of Use”, which is incorporated by reference herein for all purposes;
which also claimed priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) from now abandoned U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/153,329 filed Sep. 10, 1999, naming R. E. Pelrine et al. as inventors, and titled “Electrostrictive Polymers As Microactuators”, which is incorporated by reference herein for all purposes; it also claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) from now abandoned U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/161,325 filed Oct. 25, 1999, naming R. E. Pelrine et al. as inventors, and titled “Artificial Muscle Microactuators”, which is incorporated by reference herein for all purposes;
which also claimed priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) from now abandoned U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/181,404 filed Feb. 9, 2000, naming R. D. Kombluh et al. as inventors, and titled “Field Actuated Elastomeric Polymers”, which is incorporated by reference herein for all purposes;
which also claimed priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) from now abandoned U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/187,809 filed Mar. 8, 2000, naming R. E. Pelrine et al. as inventors, and titled “Polymer Actuators and Materials”, which is incorporated by reference herein for all purposes; and
which also claimed priority under 35 U.S.C. §19(e) from now abandoned U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/192,237 filed Mar. 27, 2000, naming R. D. Kornbluh et al. as inventors, and titled “Polymer Actuators and Materials II”, which is incorporated by reference herein for all purposes;
which also claimed priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) from now abandoned U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/184,217 filed Feb. 23, 2000, naming R. E. Pelrine et al. as inventors, and titled “Electroelastomers and their use for Power Generation”, which is incorporated by reference herein for all purposes.
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