Title:
濡れフィンガーラッチング圧電リレー
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2006523923
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
An electrical relay having two wettable electrical contacts, each supporting a conducting liquid. A wettable switch finger is moved from a non-deflected position to first and second positions by action of an actuator. In the first position the switch finger touches the conducting liquid and causes it to wet between the contacts and the switch and thereby complete an electrical circuit between the contacts. When the switch finger is in the second position, the conducting liquid cannot wet between first and second contacts and the switch finger and the electrical circuit between the first and second contacts is broken. The switch finger may be located at the free end of a beam that is deflected or bent by the action of piezoelectric elements.
Inventors:
Wong, Marvin, Glen
Carson, paul, thomas
Carson, paul, thomas
Application Number:
JP2006508602A
Publication Date:
October 19, 2006
Filing Date:
January 15, 2004
Export Citation:
Assignee:
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
International Classes:
H01H57/00; H01H1/08; H01H29/16; H01L41/09
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Satoshi Furuya
Takahiko Mizobe
Kiyoharu Nishiyama
Takahiko Mizobe
Kiyoharu Nishiyama