Nuventix, Inc.

Ge Lighting Solutions LLC

Andrew Poynot

Daniel N Grimm

Stephen P Darbin

Steven Darbin

Raghav Mahalingham

Glenn Howard Kuenzier

Lee Jones

Jeffrey Kelley

Randall Williams

A method is provided for making a synthetic jet ejector. The method comprises (a) providing first and second voice coil bodies () having first and second sets of channels defined therein, respectively; (b) inserting first and second sets of electrically conductive terminals () into the first and second sets of channels, respectively; (c) wrapping first and second coils of wire () around said first and second voice coil bodies, respectively, such that the first coil is in electrical contact with the first set of terminals and such that the second coil is in electrical contact with the second set of terminals; (d) forming a voice coil subassembly by attaching first and second ends of a flexible, electrically conductive connector () to said first and second voice coil bodies, respectively, wherein the first end of the connector is attached such that it is in electrical contact with the first set of terminals, and wherein the second end of the connector is attached such that it is in electrical contact with the second set of terminals; and (e) incorporating the voice coil subassembly into a synthetic jet ejector () having first and second voice coils such that said first coil forms a portion of said first voice coil, and such that said second coil forms a portion of said second voice coil.

Synthetic jet ejector and design thereof to facilitate mass production

A thermal management system () is provided which includes a housing () equipped with a first set of apertures S={a, a} (), a second set of apertures S={b, . . . b} () and a set of entrainment features S={c, C} (), wherein i, j, k&#x2267;1, and wherein, for any pair of adjacent apertures P={a, b}, wherein a&#x3b5; Sand m &#x3b5; I={1, . . . , i}, and wherein b&#x3b5; Sand n &#x3b5; J={1, . . . , j}, there is at least one entrainment feature c&#x3b5; Swhich is disposed between aperture aand aperture b, wherein p &#x3b5; K={1, . . . , k} . The thermal management system also includes a synthetic jet actuator disposed in said housing which is in fluidic communication with the sets of apertures Sand Sand which operates to create a synthetic jet at each aperture d&#x3b5; { S, S}, wherein r &#x3b5; I&#x222a;J.

Synthetic jet actuator equipped with entrainment features

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Austin, TX, United States of America

Andrew Poynot