Patent ID: 6930439

Claim:
An electromechanical functional module comprising: at least one transducer having a first electrode and a second electrode and having a top and a bottom; at least one upper fiber cover layer, which is nonconducting and is positioned over the at least one transducer; at least one lower fiber cover layer, which is nonconducting and is positioned below the at least one transducer; at least one fiber interlayer, which is nonconducting with at least one cut-out for accommodating the at least one transducer; at least one upper electric contact strip that is integrally laminated onto the at least one upper fiber cover layer by use of an epoxy resin having thermoplastic properties and in contact with the first electrode of the at least one transducer, the upper electric contact strip substantially covering said top of said at least one transducer; and at least one lower electric contact strip that is integrally laminated onto the at least one lower fiber cover layer by use of an epoxy resin having thermoplastic properties and in contact with the second electrode of the at least one transducer, the lower electric contact strip substantially covering said bottom of said at least one transducer; wherein the at least one upper fiber cover layer, the at least one lower fiber cover layer, the at least one transducer and the at least one fiber interlayer are in a unitary resin body; wherein the at least one upper electric contact strip includes woven elastic and the at least one lower electric contact strip includes woven elastic.