Abstract: Disclosed are electroactive polymer fibers, processes of preparing electroactive polymer fibers, and devices containing electroactive polymer fibers. Devices can be used as actuators and sensors, generators and transducers. Applications include inter alia artificial muscles, prosthetics and robotics.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 5, 2006
Date of Patent:
November 16, 2010
Assignee:
SmartMotion Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
Rodrigo Alvarez Icaza Rivera, Juan Manuel Alvarez Sanches, Kevin Chalgren Galloway, Howard Scott Katzenberg, Rahul Kothari, John Vernon Arthur