Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
Method of manufacturing actuator

Abstract:

A method of manufacturing an actuator includes a first electrode layer forming step, a dielectric elastomer layer forming step, and a second electrode layer forming step, and obtains the actuator in which dielectric elastomer layers and electrode layers have been concentrically laminated. In the first electrode layer forming step, an electrode material is provided to an outer circumferential surface of a shaft section to form the electrode layer. In the dielectric elastomer layer forming step, a sheet-like or paste-like dielectric elastomer material is provided to an outer circumferential surface of the electrode layer to form the dielectric elastomer layer. In the second electrode layer forming step, the electrode material is provided to an outer circumferential surface of the dielectric elastomer layer to form the electrode layer.