US Patent:
20030200748, Oct 30, 2003
Inventors:
Susan Bromley - Bloomington MN, US
Bradley Nelson - North Oaks MN, US
Karl Vollmers - Crystal MN, US
Arunkumar Subramanian - Minneapolis MN, US
Eniko Enikov - Tucson AZ, US
Kamal Mothilal - Minneapolis MN, US
Assignee:
ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
International Classification:
H02N010/00
Abstract:
An actuator having a hot-arm and a cold-arm wherein the hot-arm and cold-arm are vertically offset from one another. The hot-arm is heated to cause the actuator to move both vertically and horizontally. When used as a relay, an electrostatic force latches the actuator when the electrodes are brought in close proximity to one another.