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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
May. 02, 2022
Ventiva, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Rudy Vadillo, Gilroy, CA (US);
Carl Paul Schlachte, Ben Lomond, CA (US);
Himanshu Pokharna, Saratoga, CA (US);
Ventiva, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
Heat transfer devices are based on using one or more ionic pumps to circulate a dielectric working fluid around a closed circulation path, which may be contained in a conduit. The working fluid may be a liquid or a gas. The ionic pumps are disposed along the closed circulation path. The pumps include an emitter and collector. When a voltage is applied to the emitter, the working fluid is ionized at the emitter. The ionized fluid is drawn electrostatically to the lower-voltage collector, which, through collision with molecules that in turn impart their momentum, creates a flow of the working fluid. This approach may be used with either positive or negative corona devices.