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US 2009/0154053 A1Published application
Electroactive polymer transducers
AssigneeArtificial Muscle, Inc.
InventorsSilmon James BIGGS, Edward F. JOHNSON, Gordon RUSSELL, Luther Lawford WHITE, III
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Abstract
Dielectric elastomer or electroactive polymer film transducers configured to minimize high electrical field gradients that can lead to partial discharge and corona.
Claims23
A transducer film comprising:
- a dielectric elastomer material having a modulus of elasticity less than about 100 MPa;
- an electrode material on at least one side of the dielectric elastomer material;
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- a partial discharge suppressant in contact with at least a portion of at least one of the dielectric elastomer material or the electrode material, the partial discharge suppressant having a dielectric constant greater than that of air and a modulus of elasticity no greater than that of the dielectric elastomer.
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