US 12,439,827 B2
Method for manufacturing an electroactive polymer device
Emmanuel Taine, Monaco (MC); Phillipe Jean, Monaco (MC); and Regis Boulard, Monaco (MC)
Assigned to SINGLE BUOY MOORINGS INC., Marly (CH)
Appl. No. 17/279,970
Filed by SINGLE BUOY MOORINGS INC., Marly (CH)
PCT Filed Sep. 25, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/075930
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 25, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/064872, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 18306262 (EP), filed on Sep. 26, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0391527 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. H01F 7/06 (2006.01); H10N 30/057 (2023.01); H10N 30/067 (2023.01); H10N 30/098 (2023.01); H10N 30/87 (2023.01)
CPC H10N 30/871 (2023.02) [H10N 30/057 (2023.02); H10N 30/067 (2023.02); H10N 30/098 (2023.02)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for manufacturing an electroactive polymer device which comprises a layered structure comprising a dielectric polymer layer and an electrode layer, wherein the electrode layer is arranged on a surface of the dielectric polymer layer;
the method comprising:
providing the dielectric polymer layer;
determining a surface area location of a defect on a first surface of the dielectric polymer layer; and
creating the electrode layer comprising an area void of an electrode layer material surrounding the surface area location,
wherein the electrode layer comprises a patch of electrode material covering the surface area location and a remainder part of the first surface of the dielectric polymer layer surrounding the area void of the electrode layer material, wherein the patch of electrode material covering the surface area location and the remainder part of the first surface of the dielectric polymer layer are electrically isolated from one another.