ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,634,636, issued on May 19, was assigned to COMMISSARIAT AL' ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (Paris).
"Electromechanical system comprising capacitive measurement or actuation means" was invented by Loic Joet (Grenoble, France) and Samer Dagher (Grenoble, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electromechanical system includes a frame; a movable element; a capacitive measurement or actuation system including a movable electrode and at least one fixed electrode, referred to as a counter-electrode, the movable electrode including a membrane and a membrane rigidifying structure; a device for transmitting movement between the mo...