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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019

Filed:

Oct. 24, 2014
Applicants:

Universite Sciences Technologies Lille, Villeneuve d'Ascq, FR;

Centre National DE LA Recherche Scientifique—cnrs, Paris, FR;

Ecole Centrale DE Lille, Villeneuve d'Ascq, FR;

Inventors:

Alain Merlen, Lille, FR;

Farzam Zoueshtiagh, Lille, FR;

Abdelkrim Talbi, La Madeleine, FR;

Philippe Pernod, Lille, FR;

Christophe Frankiewicz, Lille, FR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B 43/04 (2006.01); F04B 19/00 (2006.01); F04B 43/02 (2006.01); F04B 53/10 (2006.01); F04B 45/047 (2006.01); F04F 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B 43/046 (2013.01); F04B 19/006 (2013.01); F04B 43/028 (2013.01); F04B 43/043 (2013.01); F04B 45/047 (2013.01); F04B 53/10 (2013.01); F04B 53/1077 (2013.01); F04F 7/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for generating a flow of fluid, implemented in a device including a membrane () provided with at least one hole () and elements () generating back-and-forth movements, wherein a flow is generated through the membrane by actuating the membrane, at least in the region of the at least one hole (), according to a mode of deformation of the at least one hole, causing the at least one hole to open and close and disturbing the fluid in order to generate the flow. The device suitable for implementing the method is also described.


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