Patents by Inventor Bernd BROICH

Bernd BROICH 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).

  • Publication number: 20200185589
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a piezoelectric drive, such as for permanently protected use in a moist environment, which includes a housing having a chamber, which chamber is hermetically sealed by at least one elastic membrane, and includes a piezoelectric drive unit in the hermetically sealed chamber for driving a drive element. The piezoelectric drive unit can include at least one piezoelectric bending actuator, which produces a bending deflection transversely to the elastic membrane when electrically activated. For example, two bending actuators can be arranged in series or parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: PI Ceramic GmbH
    Inventors: Benjamin DARGATZ, Kevin SPEER, Bernd BROICH