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Patent US7468575 - Electroactive polymer electrodes - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsDescribed herein are transducers, their use and fabrication. The transducers convert between mechanical and electrical energy. The present invention further relates to compliant electrodes that conform to the shape of a polymer included in a transducer....http://www.google.com/patents/US7468575?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7468575 - Electroactive polymer electrodesAdvanced Patent SearchTry the new Google Patents, with machine-classified Google Scholar results, and Japanese and South Korean patents.Publication numberUS7468575 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 11/774,918Publication dateDec 23, 2008Filing dateJul 9, 2007Priority dateJul 20, 1999Fee statusPaidAlso published asUS6812624, US7049732, US7199501, US7224106, US7259503, US7923064, US8508109, US20040263028, US20060113878, US20060113880, US20060238079, US20080136052, US20080191585, US20110154641, US20110155307Publication number11774918, 774918, US 7468575 B2, US 7468575B2, US-B2-7468575, US7468575 B2, US7468575B2InventorsRonald E. Pelrine, Roy D. Kornbluh, Qibing Pei, Jose P. JosephOriginal AssigneeSri InternationalExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (100), Non-Patent Citations (99), Referenced by (9), Classifications (48), Legal Events (4) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetElectroactive polymer electrodes
This application is a divisional of and claims priority under U.S.C. §120 from co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/335,805, filed Jan. 18, 2006, which is incorporated herein for all purposes; the Ser. No. 11/335,805 patent application is a continuation application and claimed priority under U.S.C. §120 from U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/893,730, filed Jul. 16, 2004, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,049,732, issued May 23, 2006, which is incorporated herein for all purposes; the Ser. No. 10/893,730 patent application is a divisional application of and claimed priority under U.S.C. §120 from U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/619,847, filed Jul. 20, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,812,624 B1, issued Nov. 2, 2004, which is incorporated herein for all purposes; the U.S. Pat. No. 6,812,624 B1 patent claimed priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) from i) 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, ii) 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, iii) 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, iv) U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/181,404 filed Feb. 9, 2000, naming R. D. Kornbluh et al. as inventors, and titled “Field Actuated Elastomeric Polymers”, which is incorporated by reference herein for all purposes, v) 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; vi) 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, and vii) 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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