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7627936 Methods of manufacture of a transducer devices actuators  
The present invention provides a method of manufacturing piezoelectric transducers that improves performance by reducing the mechanical losses in the component interfaces. The method involves the...
7626319 Three-dimensional electroactive polymer actuated devices  
Devices employing electroactive polymer actuators are disclosed. Acrylic dielectric material based actuators are optionally provided in which architectures are presented that allow for improved...
7621873 Method and system to synchronize acoustic therapy with ultrasound imaging  
Interference in ultrasound imaging when used in connection with high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is avoided by employing a synchronization signal to control the HIFU signal. Unless the...
7621028 Method for optimized dematching layer assembly in an ultrasound transducer  
A method for manufacturing an acoustical stack for use within an ultrasound transducer comprises using a user defined center operating frequency of an ultrasound transducer that is at least about...
7618551 Piezoelectric ceramic and method of manufacturing the same  
Piezoelectric performance is improved in a piezoelectric ceramic having a perovskite-type crystal structure expressed by a general formula ABO 3 and the B-site element including niobium. The...
7608976 Electroactive co-polymer systems and devices using the same  
Electroactive P(VDF-CTFE) copolymers comprising CTFE in ranges between 5 mol % to 20 mol % are disclosed. The electroactive P(VDF-CTFE) copolymers are formed into films that exhibit strain values...
7608975 Piezoelectrically-controlled integrated magnetic device  
The magnetic device according to the invention is integrated on a substrate and comprises at least one element made of piezoelectric material associated with actuating electrodes, and at least one...
7605966 Optical deflector  
An optical deflector includes a mirror having a reflective plane; a torsion bar extending outwardly from an end of said mirror; a support surrounding said mirror; a first piezoelectric element, one...
7605368 Vibration-type cantilever holder and scanning probe microscope  
A vibration-type cantilever holder holds a cantilever opposed to a sample. The holder supports a main body part of the cantilever at only its base end so that a probe at the free end of the...
7603950 Device for impact detection  
A piezo cable is provided as an impact sensor, which allows up to four different measuring principles. In addition to the piezoelectric measurement, which causes a piezoelectric pulse in an impact,...
7602098 Method for driving ion conducting actuator and ion conducting actuator  
An ion conducting actuator includes a substrate which is made of a polymer material, and facing electrodes for generating an electric field. In the ion conducting actuator, a shape of the substrate...
7602105 Piezoelectrically actuated ultrananocrystalline diamond tip array integrated with ferroelectric or phase change media for high-density memory  
A compact large density memory piezoactuated storage device and process for its fabrication provides an integrated microelectromechanical (MEMS) and/or nanoelectromechanical (NEMS) system and...
7602108 Micro-coextruded film modified with piezoelectric layers  
Disclosed are layered films having a combination of piezoelectric layers that change dimension with applied voltage and non-piezoelectric layers. The layered structures can form a wide range of...
7595006 Piezoelectric ceramic composition and piezoelectric actuator  
A piezoelectric ceramic composition has the composition formula (Pb (a-b) Me b ){(Ni (1-c).d/3 Zn c.d/3 Nb 2/3 ) z Ti x Zr (1-x-z) }O 3 , wherein Me represents at least one element selected from...
7595582 Resonator, ultrasonic die bonding head, and ultrasonic die bonding apparatus  
A resonator 1 of the present invention includes: a vibrating member 13 holding an electronic component 12 and applying a vibration to the electronic component 12 ; and a depressing member ...
7594309 Method of producing laminate-type piezoelectric element  
A method of producing a laminate-type piezoelectric element, wherein a ceramic laminated body therein is formed through an intermediate laminated body-forming step of forming an intermediate...
7592737 MEMS device comprising an actuator generating a hysteresis driving motion  
A MEMS device is provided which includes a driven element having a series of teeth. The MEMS device includes a driving element operable to engage the driven element when the driving element is in a...
7589450 Actuator device, liquid-jet head and liquid-jet apparatus  
An actuator device includes: a layer provided on a single crystal silicon (Si) substrate, and made of silicon dioxide (SiO 2 ); at least one buffer layer provided on the layer made of silicon...
7586234 Piezoelectric material and piezoelectric device  
A piezoelectric material is expressed by a general formula (1) as follows: (Bi 1−x Ba x )(Fe 1−x Ti x )O 3 . . . (1), where x is greater than 0, but smaller than 1 (0<x<1).
7586164 Micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) variable capacitor apparatuses, systems and related methods  
Micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) variable capacitor apparatuses, system and related methods are provided. According to one embodiment, a method for varying the capacitance of two conductive...
7586233 Ferroelastic ceramic-reinforced metal matrix composites  
Composite materials comprising ferroelastic ceramic particulates dispersed in a metal matrix are capable of vibration damping. When the ferroelastic ceramic particulates are subjected to stress,...
7581306 Method for producing a boundary acoustic wave device  
In a method for producing a boundary acoustic wave device that includes a first medium, a second medium, and a third medium laminated in that order, and electrodes disposed at the interface between...
7583564 Piezoelectric actuator and electronic equipment with piezoelectric actuator  
To provide a piezoelectric actuator whereby impact resistance can be greatly improved without complicating the design or causing a reduction in drive efficiency. When a piezoelectric actuator 31 ...
7576469 Sensor comprising a surface wave component  
The invention relates to a sensor ( 4 ) comprising a surface wave component ( 2 ) containing information relating to the sensitivity of the sensor. Said information can be consulted by means of a...
7572224 Ultrasonic probe and ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus  
The present invention relates to an ultrasonic probe including a piezoelectric element, a first acoustic matching layer provided on the front face of the piezoelectric element and formed of a solid...
7573177 Active/passive distributed absorber for vibration and sound radiation control  
The active/passive absorber for extended vibration and sound radiation control includes principally two layers. The first layer has a low stiffness per unit area which allows motion in the...
7568792 Piezoelectric element, actuator device, liquid-jet head and liquid-jet apparatus  
Provided are an a piezoelectric element, an actuator device, a liquid-jet head and a liquid-jet apparatus which exhibit excellent displacement characteristics; the piezoelectric element is...
7569976 Piezo-electric substrate and manufacturing method of the same  
A piezo-electric substrate is mainly comprised of a base material and a film formed on one main surface of the base material. In the base material, the main surface on which the film is formed is a...
7566531 Selective whole cell quartz crystal microbalance biosensors  
Selective whole cell QCM biosensors are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of making and using such whole cell QCM biosensors, e.g., to screen drugs and diagnose diseases.
7566118 Print head with thin membrane  
A microfabricated device and method for forming a microfabricated device are described. A thin membrane including silicon is formed on a silicon body by bonding a silicon-on-insulator substrate to...
7564169 Piezo actuator and associated production method  
A support assembly for a piezoelectric actuator ( 15 ), in particular for a piezoelectric actuator for driving an injector for the injection system of an internal combustion engine has a holder ( 5...
7564172 Micro-electro-mechanical transducer having embedded springs  
A micro-electro-mechanical transducer (such as a cMUT) is disclosed. The transducer has a base having a lower portion and an upper portion; a top plate disposed above the upper portion of the base...
7562968 Piezoelectric element, liquid-jet head and liquid-jet apparatus  
Disclosed are a piezoelectric element which can obtain a large strain with a low drive voltage, a liquid-jet head and a liquid-jet apparatus. The piezoelectric element includes: a lower electrode;...
7564175 Tubular spring for actuator, and method for assembling the tubular spring  
A tubular spring is provided for preloading a piezoelectric or magnetostrictive actuator for the actuation of fuel injection valves for fuel injection systems of internal combustion engines. The...
7560852 Piezoelectric actuator, method for manufacturing piezoelectric actuator, and liquid transporting apparatus  
A piezoelectric actuator includes a supporting member in which pressure chambers are formed, a vibration plate which is joined to a joining section of the supporting member, a piezoelectric layer...
7557489 Embedded circuits on an ultrasound transducer and method of manufacture  
One or more chips, integrated circuits, or semiconductors are embedded within a backing block. Planar sheets of backing material are formed with integrated circuits within holes in the sheets....
7550901 Piezoelectric fan, cooling device containing same, and method of cooling a microelectronic device using same  
A piezoelectric fan includes a piezoelectric actuator patch ( 110, 210, 310 ) and a blade ( 120, 220, 320 ) attached to the piezoelectric actuator patch. The blade has a hole ( 121, 127, 221 ) in...
7541715 Electrochemical methods, devices, and structures  
The present invention provides devices and structures and methods of use thereof in electrochemical actuation. This invention provides electrochemical actuators, which are based, inter-alia, on an...
7538472 Programmable shims for manufacturing and assembly lines  
Disclosed herein is a programmable shim 28 for positioning a work piece 12 comprising a first plate 30 ; an optional reference frame 32 ; and an actuator 34 in operative communication with...
7538470 Monolithic nanoscale actuation  
An apparatus including an actuator configured for controllable deflection, and also including a piezoresistive element integral to the actuator and having first and second piezoresistive portions...
7535193 Five axis compensated rotating stage  
A rotating stage assembly performs high precision rotational angle and position error correction by continuous sensing and correcting motor stage assembly errors. It performs these corrections, to...
7531939 Communication device  
Herein disclosed is a communication device which includes: a piezoelectric element having a structure formed by laminating piezoelectric substances and electrodes; obtaining means for obtaining...
7521842 Magnetostrictive / piezo remote power generation, battery and method  
A power generation device generates power by subjecting a composite of magnetostrictive material and piezo material to a magnetic field. The composite of magnetostrictive material and piezo...
7518293 Piezoelectric thin-film element  
A piezoelectric thin-film element formed with a niobate lithium potassium sodium thin-film having a well-developed Perovskite structure and having an excellent piezoelectric characteristic. The...
7510669 Piezoelectric ceramic composition and piezoelectric component  
A piezoelectric ceramic composition includes a bismuth layer compound containing at least Sr, Bi and Nb, e.g., (Sr 0.9 Nd 0.1 )Bi 2 Nb 2 O 9 , as a main component and 2 parts by weight or less...
7509716 Method for manufacturing piezoelectric actuator  
In a method for manufacturing a piezoelectric actuator, a ceramic sintered body is prepared and a size of the ceramic sintered body is adjusted in a thickness direction defined below by grinding...
7511402 Polymer actuator  
A polymer actuator is provided. The polymer actuator includes a plurality of gel/electrode complexes arranged in an electrolytic solution, wherein the gel/electrode complex is composed of a...
7511409 Dielectric film element and composition  
Provided is a piezoelectric-film-type electron emitter which enables suppression of reduction of electron emission quantity due to repeated use thereof, and which exhibits high durability. The...
7508112 Ceramic multilayer component, method for the production thereof and retaining device  
An electrical component includes a base. The base is made of a sintered ceramic, and at least one electrode that is inside the sintered ceramic. The at least one electrode has a surface that...
7501737 Method and mechanism of PZT micro-actuator attachment for the hard disk driver arm  
A fixture with a shaped molding may hold a first micro-actuator part and a second micro-actuator part in place for coupling while maintaining the structure of the first micro-actuator part. The...