ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,726,141, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to PixArt Imaging Inc. (Hsin-Chu City, Taiwan).
"Stackable actuating element with profiled insulated electrode structures" was invented by Ville Topias Makinen (Espoo, Finland) and Roberto Tejera-Garcia (Espoo, Finland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stacked structure formed of two active element layers includes: a first substrate; a first conductive surface including a first active region; a second substrate; a second conductive surface including a second active region; a compression space between the first active region of the first conductive surface and the second substrate; an elastic layer ...