Motorola Corporation

Randall Stevens

Piotr Grodzinski

Robin Hui Liu

Justin J Bonanno

A fluidic valve ( ) switches a state of flow of a fluid in a fluid communication channel of a fluid guiding structure ( ). Heating a bi-phase valve element ( ) causes a change a state of the bi-phase valve element from a high viscosity state to a low viscosity state. A bi-phase valve element that clogs the fluid communication channel can be pushed into an expanded portion ( ) of the fluid communication channel by an application of pressure to the fluid while the bi-phase valve element is in the low viscosity state, unclogging the fluid communication channel. A bi-phase valve element can be pushed from a valve element source chamber ( ) into the fluid communication channel by using a pumped fluid entering the source chamber at a pump inlet ( ) while the bi-phase valve element is in the low viscosity state, clogging the fluid communication channel.

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Phoenix, AZ, United States of America

Randall Stevens