Mechanism design of the flapper actuator in Chinese Braille display

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 680-689

  Yeh, Fung Huei ^a   Liang, Shih Hao ^a  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Braille display; Computer aided analysis; Contact mechanics; Electromanetics; Flapper actuator; Heat transfer

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; DISPLAY DEVICES; DURABILITY; HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

CONTACT MECHANICS; ELECTROMAGNETICS; FLAPPER ACTUATORS; GOLDEN BRAILLE DISPLAY (GBD);

ACTUATORS;

EID: 34047137563     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2006.07.013     Document Type: Article

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