Patents by Inventor Kimberly L. Turner

Kimberly L. Turner 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).

  • Drive electrodes for microfabricated torsional cantilevers
    Patent number: 6000280
    Abstract: A comb-type actuator for movable microelectromechanical structures includes first and second asymmetric sets of interdigitated fingers. Asymmetry is obtained by fabricating on set of fingers to have a greater height than the other set, or by providing electrically insulating segments in one set. Application of a voltage across the sets produces an asymmetric field between them and produces relative motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott A. Miller, Kimberly L. Turner, Noel C. MacDonald