Polymer actuator and optical unit

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7729068
APP PUB NO 20080204909A1
SERIAL NO

12034890

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An object of the present invention is to provide a polymer actuator that does not need a special member for determining the output direction of the drive force or a support member, and which is simply configured with a small number of parts and is compact and low-cost. The present invention provides a polymer actuator that includes electrodes which are inelastic in a planar direction and sandwich a stretching portion of a dielectric polymer with a gradient in thickness, and also provides an optical system including the polymer actuator.

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  • KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hara, Yoshihiro Takatsuki, JP 110 2455
Shiota, Natsuko Ibaraki, JP 10 164
Wada, Shigeru Kishiwada, JP 51 949

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