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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2016
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Hirokazu Ito, Susono, JP;
Yasushi Yoshihara, Mishima, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F15D 1/00 (2006.01); F15D 1/06 (2006.01); F15D 1/02 (2006.01); F16L 55/027 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F15D 1/007 (2013.01); F15D 1/02 (2013.01); F15D 1/06 (2013.01); F16L 55/02772 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fluid transfer apparatus includes a spiral pipe that is formed by an elastic tube wound in a spiral manner, and a fluid to be transferred flows in the spiral pipe. The fluid transfer apparatus further includes a speaker that is configured to generate a pressure wave in a working fluid in the tube that is a medium, and the pressure wave causes a change of the cross-sectional area of a flow channel of the tube.