Patent 7878060 was granted and assigned to Sony on February, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A micromachine includes a movable section formed of a conductor and a support section formed of a conductor, wherein the movable section and the support section are separated from each other, an insulating layer is provided on the conductor, a conductive layer is provided on the insulating layer, and the conductive layer is formed so as to straddle the movable section and the support section.