US Patent Issued to AUBURN UNIVERSITY on Oct. 14 for "Technologies for microelectromechanical systems with composable piezoelectric actuators" (Alabama Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,470, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to AUBURN UNIVERSITY (Auburn, Ala.).

"Technologies for microelectromechanical systems with composable piezoelectric actuators" was invented by Jason V. Clark (Auburn, Ala.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In at least one illustrative embodiment, a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) includes a composable piezoelectric actuator electrically coupled to a terminal. In response to a voltage applied across electrodes of the actuator, a piezoelectric rod moves from an initial position to a displaced position. In an embodiment, the MEMS includes two terminals, a resistive element is coupled between the te...