Method for fabricating electroactive polymer transducer
AssigneeBayer MaterialScience AG
InventorsMichael G. Lipton, Ilya Polyakov, Alireza Zarrabi, Otto Hui, Silmon James Biggs, Thomas A. Kridl, Gordon Russell, Jonathan R. Heim, Roger Hitchcock, Chris A. Weaber
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Abstract
Electroactive polymer transducers for sensory feedback applications are disclosed.
Claims11
A method for fabricating electroactive polymer transducers, the method comprising:
- providing an electroactive polymer film;
- forming an array of electrodes on the film;
- applying at least one array of frame components to the electrode array to form an array of electroactive polymer transducers;
- applying a sealing material to hermetically seal the electroactive polymer transducers;
- singulating the array of electroactive polymer transducers;
- and
- coupling the singulated electroactive polymer transducers to individual user interface devices.
A method for fabricating electroactive polymer transducers, the method comprising:
- providing an electroactive polymer film;
- forming an array of electrodes on the film;
- applying at least one array of frame components to the electrode array to form an array of electroactive polymer transducers;
- applying a sealing material to hermetically seal the electroactive polymer transducer;
- and
- applying an array of negative spring rate biasing mechanisms onto the array of electroactive polymer transducers.
A method for fabricating electroactive polymer transducers, the method comprising:
- providing an electroactive polymer film;
- forming an array of electrodes on the film;
- applying at least one array of frame components to the electrode array to form an array of electroactive polymer transducers;
- applying a sealing material to hermetically seal the electroactive polymer transducer;
- and
- incorporating the transducer array into an array of user interface devices.
A method for fabricating electroactive polymer transducers, the method comprising:
- providing an electroactive polymer film;
- forming an array of electrodes on the film;
- applying at least one array of frame components to the electrode array to form an array of electroactive polymer transducers;
- applying a sealing material to hermetically seal the electroactive polymer transducer;
- wherein each of the steps thereof are performed with web-based manufacturing techniques.
A method for fabricating electroactive polymer transducers, the method comprising:
- providing an electroactive polymer film;
- forming an array of electrodes on the film;
- applying at least one array of frame components to the electrode array to form an array of electroactive polymer transducers;
- applying a sealing material to hermetically seal the electroactive polymer transducer;
- coupling each electroactive polymer transducer to an output member;
- and
- mechanically coupling each output member to a user contact surface.
A method for fabricating electroactive polymer transducers, the method comprising:
- providing an electroactive polymer film;
- forming an array of electrodes on the film;
- applying at least one array of frame components to the electrode array to form an array of electroactive polymer transducers;
- applying a sealing material to hermetically seal the electroactive polymer transducer;
- coupling each electroactive polymer transducer to an output member;
- and
- magnetically coupling each output member to a user contact surface.
A method for fabricating electroactive polymer transducers, the method comprising:
- providing an electroactive polymer film;
- forming an array of electrodes on the film;
- applying at least one array of frame components to the electrode array to form an array of electroactive polymer transducers;
- applying a sealing material to hermetically seal the electroactive polymer transducer;
- coupling each electroactive polymer transducer to an output member;
- and
- coupling the output member to a keypad or keyboard.
A method for fabricating electroactive polymer transducers, the method comprising:
- providing an electroactive polymer film;
- forming an array of electrodes on the film;
- applying at least one array of frame components to the electrode array to form an array of electroactive polymer transducers;
- applying a sealing material to hermetically seal the electroactive polymer transducer,
- wherein the electroactive polymer transducer is activatable in two phases.
A method for fabricating electroactive polymer transducers, the method comprising:
- providing an electroactive polymer film;
- forming an array of electrodes on the film;
- applying at least one array of frame components to the electrode array to form an array of electroactive polymer transducers;
- applying a sealing material to hermetically seal the electroactive polymer transducer;
- and
- adding an additional component layer to the array of electroactive polymer transducer.
A method for fabricating electroactive polymer transducers, the method comprising:
- providing an electroactive polymer film;
- forming an array of electrodes on the film;
- applying at least one array of frame components to the electrode array to form an array of electroactive polymer transducers;
- applying a sealing material to hermetically seal the electroactive polymer transducer,
- where applying at least one array of frame components to the electrode array comprises sandwiching the electrode array between a top and bottom array to form the array of electroactive polymer transducers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.