ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,834, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).
"Anti-stiction ionic lubricants in MEMS devices" was invented by Uroob Haris (Sachse, Texas), John Faruk Alptekin (Carrollton, Texas) and Muralidhar Hanabe (Allen, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In examples, a microelectromechanical device comprises a moveable element configured to contact a portion of a surface, and an ionic liquid on the portion of the surface."
The patent was filed on May 31, 2024, under Application No. 18/680,435.
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