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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020
Filed:
May. 26, 2017
Nuovo Pignone Tecnologie Srl, Florence, IT;
Grover Andrew Bennett, Jr., Esperance, NY (US);
Matthew Patrick Boespflug, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Tak Kwong Woo, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
NUOVO PIGNONE TECNOLOGIE SRL, Florence, IT;
Abstract
A synthetic jet pump and a method of pumping fluid using such a synthetic jet pump are disclosed. The synthetic jet pump includes a plurality of first stacks disposed in a series arrangement relative to each other, and a plurality of first valves. A first stack of the plurality of first stacks includes a plurality of first connector pairs coupled to a first support structure and a plurality of first bimorph pairs. The first connector pairs and the first bimorph pairs are disposed in a parallel arrangement relative to each other respectively. A bimorph of one of the first bimorph pairs is coupled to a corresponding first connector pair. The plurality of first valves is disposed at an upstream end of the plurality of first stacks. A valve of the plurality of first valves is movably coupled to a corresponding connector of the plurality of the first connector pairs.