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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2013
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Robert J. Atmur, Whittier, CA (US);
William P. Sargent, Fullerton, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B 43/12 (2006.01); H02K 41/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B 43/12 (2013.01); F04B 43/1207 (2013.01); F04B 43/1292 (2013.01); H02K 41/065 (2013.01);
Abstract
A peristaltic pump and methods are presented. At least one flexible tube is configured to alternately radially compress to constrict fluid passage and radially recover to allow fluid passage. A surface is configured to support the at least one flexible tube. A non-rotating compression plate is configured to: compress the at least one flexible tube by a virtual elliptical wave nutation, and control a flow of a fluid in the at least one flexible tube by compression of the flexible tube.