The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Apr. 02, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2009
Nels Jewell-larsen, Campbell, CA (US);
Kenneth A. Honer, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Matt Schwiebert, San Jose, CA (US);
Hongyu Ran, Mountain View, CA (US);
Piyush Savalia, San Jose, CA (US);
Yan Zhang, San Jose, CA (US);
Nels Jewell-Larsen, Campbell, CA (US);
Kenneth A. Honer, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Matt Schwiebert, San Jose, CA (US);
Hongyu Ran, Mountain View, CA (US);
Piyush Savalia, San Jose, CA (US);
Yan Zhang, San Jose, CA (US);
Tessera, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Reversible flow may be provided in certain EHD device configurations that selectively energize corona discharge electrodes arranged to motivate flows in generally opposing directions. In some embodiments, a first set of one or more corona discharge electrodes is positioned, relative to a first array of collector electrode surfaces, to when energized, motivate flow in a first direction, while second set of one or more corona discharge electrodes is positioned, relative to a second array of collector electrode surfaces, to when energized, motivate flow in a second direction that opposes the first. In some embodiments, the first and second arrays of collector electrode surfaces are opposing surfaces of individual collector electrodes. In some embodiments, the first and second arrays of collector electrode surfaces are opposing surfaces of respective collector electrodes.