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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2011
Applicant:
Hideyuki Sugioka, Ebina, JP;
Inventor:
Hideyuki Sugioka, Ebina, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B 37/02 (2006.01); B01D 57/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus includes a device including a pair of electrodes and a channel producing an electro-osmotic flow or electrophoretic flow of a liquid by applying a voltage between the pair of electrodes, and an impedance connected to the pair of electrodes, wherein a voltage resulting from thermal noise is applied to the pair of electrodes by giving a temperature difference between the channel and the impedance, and thermal energy corresponding to the temperature difference is converted into a flow of the liquid, the flow of the liquid being mechanical energy.