Actuating member and method for producing the same
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1. A method for making a sheet:
- material for an actuating member, the method comprising steps of;
depositing an elastomeric solution on a first mold;
applying a second mold to the solution substantially opposite the first mold;
allowing the elastomeric solution to completely harden to form an elastomeric sheet with substantially opposed first and second boundary surfaces corresponding to the first and second molds, respectively;
removing the elastomeric body from the first and second molds; and
depositing a conductive layer on at least one of the first and second boundary surfaces;
wherein at least one of the first and second molds has a predetermined surface pattern, the predetermined surface pattern being imparted to the corresponding boundary surface.
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Abstract
The invention relates to an actuating member comprising an elastomer body that is provided with one electrode each on opposite peripheries. The aim of the invention is to improve the dynamism of such an actuating member. To this end, at least one periphery is provided with at least one waved section that comprises elevations and depressions as the extremes disposed in parallel to the cross direction. Said section is covered by an electrode that completely covers at least a part of the extremes and that extends across the waved section.
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1. A method for making a sheet:
- material for an actuating member, the method comprising steps of;
depositing an elastomeric solution on a first mold;
applying a second mold to the solution substantially opposite the first mold;
allowing the elastomeric solution to completely harden to form an elastomeric sheet with substantially opposed first and second boundary surfaces corresponding to the first and second molds, respectively;
removing the elastomeric body from the first and second molds; and
depositing a conductive layer on at least one of the first and second boundary surfaces;
wherein at least one of the first and second molds has a predetermined surface pattern, the predetermined surface pattern being imparted to the corresponding boundary surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
- material for an actuating member, the method comprising steps of;
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24. A method for making a sheet material for an actuating member, the method comprising steps of:
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forming a first surface pattern on a first mold;
applying an elastomeric solution to the first mold; and
hardening the elastomeric solution to form an elastomeric sheet with a first molded surface substantially conforming to the first surface pattern. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method of forming a sheet material for an actuating member, the method comprising steps of:
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applying an elastomeric solultion to a mold having a predetermined microscopic surface pattern formed thereon to form an elastomeric sheet having a molded surface substantially replicating the predetermined microscopic surface pattern; and
applying a conductive layer over at least a portion of the molded surface. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36)
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37. A method of forming a capacitive elastomeric sheet material, the method comprising steps of:
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molding an elastomeric solution to form an elastomeric sheet having first and second boundary surfaces, at least the first boundary surface being formed with a first predetermined pattern; and
applying first and second conductive layers to the first and second boundary surfaces, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39)
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40. A method of forming a sheet material for an actuating member, the method comprising steps of:
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forming an elastomeric sheet with first and second boundary surfaces, at least one of the first and second boundary surfaces including a predetermined microscopic surface pattern; and
depositing a conductive layer on at least one of the first and second boundary surfaces. - View Dependent Claims (41)
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