US Patent Issued to Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Jan. 20 for "Multilayered microhydraulic actuators" (New Hampshire Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,495, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Multilayered microhydraulic actuators" was invented by Jakub T. Kedzierski (Nashua, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuator with a stack of thin layers operates by electrowetting droplets between the layers. The actuator includes a first layer structure and a second layer structure positioned adjacent to the first layer structure. One or more liquid droplets are pinned to one of the layers and are positioned between the layers. The other layer includes electrodes. When the electrodes are energized, they electrostatically attract...