Methods for fabricating an electroactive polymer device

The invention describes rolled electroactive polymer devices. The invention also describes employment of these devices in a wide array of applications and methods for their fabrication. A rolled electroactive polymer device converts between electrical and mechanical energy; and includes a rolled ele...

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Hauptverfasser:	BONWIT NEVILLE A, PEI QIBING, ROSENTHAL MARCUS A
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS BLASTING CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER CURRENT COLLECTORS CYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES DEAF-AID SETS DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE ELECTRIC MACHINES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ELECTRICITY ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL GENERATION HEATING HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE LIGHTING LINE CONNECTORS LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKEACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS PUMPS PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS STEAM ENGINES WEAPONS
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Zusammenfassung:	The invention describes rolled electroactive polymer devices. The invention also describes employment of these devices in a wide array of applications and methods for their fabrication. A rolled electroactive polymer device converts between electrical and mechanical energy; and includes a rolled electroactive polymer and at least two electrodes to provide the mechanical/electrical energy conversion. Prestrain is typically applied to the polymer. In one embodiment, a rolled electroactive polymer device employs a mechanism, such as a spring, that provides a force to prestrain the polymer. Since prestrain improves mechanical/electrical energy conversion for many electroactive polymers, the mechanism thus improves performance of the rolled electroactive polymer device.