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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2009
Applicants:
Mark Macdonald, Beaverton, OR (US);
Rajiv K. Mongia, Fremont, CA (US);
David B. Go, South Bend, IN (US);
Inventors:
Mark MacDonald, Beaverton, OR (US);
Rajiv K. Mongia, Fremont, CA (US);
David B. Go, South Bend, IN (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 7/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A flow tube apparatus may include a flow tube having a first opening and a second opening, a corona electrode provided in the flow tube, a collecting electrode provided in the flow tube, and at least one focusing electrode provided in the flow tube to guide ions and thereby provide an ionic wind. In at least one embodiment, the flow tube apparatus may be provided in an electronic apparatus to provide an air flow.