Patent ID: 8736138

Claim:
A carbon nanotube MEMS assembly, comprising: a plurality of carbon nanotubes oriented in a generally linear orientation into a patterned frame, the plurality of nanotubes extending vertically from a base of the frame to a face of the frame, the patterned frame defining at least two components of a MEMS device, the frame comprising one or more passages; an interstitial material, at least partially binding adjacent carbon nanotubes one to another; at least one component of the frame being fixed and at least one component of the frame being movable relative to the fixed component; wherein the nanotubes oriented into the frame define in the frame one or more interstitial material access holes, wherein each of the interstitial material access holes extends from the face of the frame to the base of the frame and is substantially devoid of nanotubes; wherein the one or more passages are substantially devoid of nanotubes coated with the interstitial material, and wherein the size of the one or more passages is greater than the size of the one or more interstitial material access holes.