IP Library Patent Application 16803273
Patent Application
App. No. 16/803,273

ACTUATOR

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App. No.
16/803,273
Abstract

An actuator is configured such that a first film body and a second film body are stacked on each other. The first film body includes a first dielectric elastomer film and a first electrode layer provided on a surface of the first dielectric elastomer film. The second film body includes a second dielectric elastomer film and a second electrode layer provided on a surface of the second dielectric elastomer film. The electrode layer included in at least one of the first film body and the second film body includes a plurality of linear electrodes extending in a first direction and provided at intervals in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction.

Claims (8)

1 . An actuator comprising:

a first film body including a first dielectric elastomer film and a first electrode layer provided on a surface of the first dielectric elastomer film; and

a second film body including a second dielectric elastomer film and a second electrode layer provided on a surface of the second dielectric elastomer film, wherein:

the actuator is configured such that the first film body and the second film body are stacked on each other; and

the electrode layer included in at least one of the first film body and the second film body includes a plurality of linear electrodes extending in a first direction and provided at intervals in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction.

2 . The actuator according to claim 1 , wherein the first film body and the second film body are rolled while the first film body and the second film body are stacked on each other.

3 . The actuator according to claim 2 , wherein the first film body and the second film body are rolled such that the first direction coincides with a direction in which the first film body and the second film body are rolled while the first film body and the second film body are stacked on each other.

4 . The actuator according to claim 1 , wherein the electrode layer includes the plurality of linear electrodes extending in the first direction, a first connection electrode connecting a first end of one of the linear electrodes and a first end of another one of the linear electrodes that is adjacent to the one of the linear electrodes on one side, and a second connection electrode connecting a second end of the one of the linear electrodes and a second end of yet another one of the linear electrodes that is adjacent to the one of the linear electrodes on the other side.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 18, 2022
From: JTEKT CORPORATION
To: JTEKT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059230/0125 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 27, 2020
From: KAWABAYASHI, TAKESHI
To: JTEKT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052045/0316 →