Patent 7915789 was granted and assigned to Bayer MaterialScience on March, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Devices employing electroactive polymer actuators are disclosed. Acrylic dielectric material based actuators are optionally provided in which architectures are presented that allow for improved power output as compared with other known acrylic dielectric material based transducers. Such technology may be applied in motor-driven applications, lightweight flight applications and lighting applications among others.