Actuator with sensor
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsJun Yamamoto, Sotomitsu Ikeda
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Abstract
An actuator with a sensor, including an actuator having a pair of electrodes and an ionic conduction layer present between the pair of electrodes, and a sensor having electrodes and an electromechanical conversion element. When the actuator is deformed, the sensor is also deformed. The relationship between the modulus of elasticity (A) of the actuator and the modulus of elasticity (S) of the sensor satisfies S<A.
Claims9
An actuator with a sensor, comprising an actuator having a pair of electrodes and an ionic conduction layer present between the pair of electrodes, and a sensor having electrodes and an electromechanical conversion element, wherein when the actuator is deformed, the sensor is also deformed, and wherein a relationship between a modulus of elasticity (A) of the actuator and a modulus of elasticity (S) of the sensor satisfies S<A.
An actuator with a sensor, comprising an actuator having a pair of electrodes and an ionic conduction layer present between the pair of electrodes, a sensor having electrodes and an electromechanical conversion element, and a connecting portion provided between the actuator and the sensor and connecting the actuator to the sensor, wherein when the actuator is deformed, the connecting portion and the sensor are also deformed, and wherein a relationship among a modulus of elasticity (A) of the actuator, a modulus of elasticity (S) of the sensor and a modulus of elasticity (I) of the connecting portion satisfies S<I<A, S=I<A, S<I=A, or I<S<A.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.