Patents Examined by J. Aguirreche
  • External electrodes on piezoceramic multilayer actuators
    Patent number: 6798123
    Abstract: External electrodes on piezoceramic multilayer actuators, composed of a layer of a basic metallization applied to the ceramic material of the surface of a actuator, to which metallization there is joined by means of a joining layer a reinforcing layer to which a connecting wire is soldered, wherein the layer of basic metallization is structured by discontinuities or recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: CeramTec AG Innovative Ceramic Engineering
    Inventors: Rainer Bindig, Hans-Jurgen Schreiner