Patents by Inventor Thomas Swithun Hale

Thomas Swithun Hale has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Actuator
    Patent number: 8638024
    Abstract: The invention provides an actuator for an electric motor and an electric motor including said actuator. The actuator includes one or more body formed from a dielectric elastomer, each body having at least one active region that is directly or indirectly coupled to a drive means. The active regions are arranged such that, in use, actuation thereof causes driven means to move with components in at least first and second directions, preferably within a plane of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Auckland UniServices, Limited
    Inventors: Iain Alexander Anderson, Benjamin Marc O'Brien, Thomas Gregory McKay, Todd Alan Gisby, Emilio Patricio Calius, Scott Hayden Walbran, Thomas Swithun Hale
  • ACTUATOR
    Publication number: 20110101823
    Abstract: The invention provides an actuator for an electric motor and an electric motor including said actuator. The actuator includes one or more body formed from a dielectric elastomer, each body having at least one active region that is directly or indirectly coupled to a drive means. The active regions are arranged such that, in use, actuation thereof causes driven means to move with components in at least first and second directions, preferably within a plane of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: AUCKLAND UNISERVICES LIMITED
    Inventors: Iain Alexander Anderson, Benjamin Marc O'Brien, Thomas Gregory McKay, Todd Alan Gisby, Emilio Patricio Calius, Scott Hayden Walbran, Thomas Swithun Hale