Title:
BENT SWITCHING FLUID CAVITY
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2004095482
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A switch (100) having first and second mated substrates (102, 104) that define therebetween first and second intersection channels (134, 136) of a bent switching fluid cavity (816). A switching fluid (818) is held within the bent switching fluid cavity and is movable between first and second switch states in response to forces that are applied to the switching fluid. More of the switching fluid is forced into the first of the intersecting channels in the first switch state, and more of the switching fluid is forced into the second of the intersecting channels in the second switch state.
Inventors:
WONG MARVIN GLENN
DOVE LEWIS R
BOTKA JULIUS K
DOVE LEWIS R
BOTKA JULIUS K
Application Number:
PCT/US2004/002521
Publication Date:
February 10, 2005
Filing Date:
January 30, 2004
Export Citation:
Assignee:
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC (US)
International Classes:
H01H29/28; H01H61/00; (IPC1-7): H01H29/00
Foreign References:
| US3955059A | 1976-05-04 | |||
| US4158118A | 1979-06-12 | |||
| US6323447B1 | 2001-11-27 | |||
| US6646527B1 | 2003-11-11 |
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