Patent ID: 7692521

Claim:
A MEMS device with a cantilever design, the device comprising: a substrate with a stationary contact affixed thereto; an anchor affixed to the substrate; a torsion arm affixed to the anchor by a first torsion hinge with a first axis; and a cantilever plate with a moveable contact affixed thereto in aligned confronting relation to the stationary contact, the cantilever plate connected to the torsion arm by a second torsion hinge with a second axis, the moveable contact positioned at an end of the cantilever plate adjacent to the second torsion hinge, wherein the first torsion hinge is adapted to rotate the cantilever plate in a first direction about the first axis toward or away from the substrate in response to an actuating force and the second torsion hinge is adapted to rotate the cantilever plate in a second direction opposite the first direction about the second axis toward or away from the substrate in response to the actuating force moving the moveable contact into contact with the stationary contact or separating the moveable contact from the stationary contact.