WO2007012028A3 - Heat activated nanometer-scale pump - Google Patents

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WO2007012028A3
WO2007012028A3 PCT/US2006/028113 US2006028113W WO2007012028A3 WO 2007012028 A3 WO2007012028 A3 WO 2007012028A3 US 2006028113 W US2006028113 W US 2006028113W WO 2007012028 A3 WO2007012028 A3 WO 2007012028A3
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Joseph P Pinkerton
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B81—MICROSTRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGY
    • B81B—MICROSTRUCTURAL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS, e.g. MICROMECHANICAL DEVICES
    • B81B3/00—Devices comprising flexible or deformable elements, e.g. comprising elastic tongues or membranes
    • B81B3/0035—Constitution or structural means for controlling the movement of the flexible or deformable elements
    • B81B3/0051—For defining the movement, i.e. structures that guide or limit the movement of an element
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04B—POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS
    • F04B19/00—Machines or pumps having pertinent characteristics not provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups F04B1/00 - F04B17/00
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04B—POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS
    • F04B19/00—Machines or pumps having pertinent characteristics not provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups F04B1/00 - F04B17/00
    • F04B19/006—Micropumps
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B81—MICROSTRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGY
    • B81B—MICROSTRUCTURAL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS, e.g. MICROMECHANICAL DEVICES
    • B81B2201/00—Specific applications of microelectromechanical systems
    • B81B2201/03—Microengines and actuators
    • B81B2201/036—Micropumps
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B81—MICROSTRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGY
    • B81B—MICROSTRUCTURAL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS, e.g. MICROMECHANICAL DEVICES
    • B81B2203/00—Basic microelectromechanical structures
    • B81B2203/01—Suspended structures, i.e. structures allowing a movement
    • B81B2203/0118—Cantilevers

Abstract

A pump is provided that includes a nanometer- scale beam that is suspended in a housing. The housing may include a number of apertures such that molecules can move in and out of the housing. The nanometer- scale beam may be suspended as a jump rope or as a cantilever. The movement of the nanometer- scale beam may be mechanically stopped from moving in a particular way (e.g. , towards a particular end of the housing) . Thus, for example, the beam and the stop work together to pump molecules in the direction that the beam bounces off the stop. The speed and movement of the nanometer- scale beam can also be influenced either electrostatically or electromagnetically . As such, the speed and direction that a working substance is pumped by a nanometer- scale beam may be electrically controlled.
PCT/US2006/028113 2005-07-19 2006-07-19 Heat activated nanometer-scale pump WO2007012028A2 (en)

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