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US 2012/0235543 A1Published application
Actuator
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsSakae Suda, Sotomitsu Ikeda, Tetsuo Hino, Jun Yamamoto
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Abstract
There is provided an actuator that can deform as an electrolyte moves, wherein at least one of a pair of electrode layers contains polymer fibers, and the polymer fibers contain an electroconductive material and are porous.
Claims3
An actuator comprising:
- a pair of electrode layers;
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- an electrolyte layer between the pair of electrode layers, the electrolyte layer containing an electrolyte,
- wherein the application of a voltage to the pair of electrode layers deforms the actuator, at least one of the pair of electrode layers contains polymer fibers, and the polymer fibers contain an electroconductive material and are porous.
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