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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2014
Aperia Technologies, Inc., South San Francisco, CA (US);
Brandon Richardson, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Aperia Technologies, Inc., Burlingame, CA (US);
Abstract
A pumping system configured to pump fluid from the ambient environment to a target reservoir, the pumping system including: a fluid pump configured to statically mount to a rotating surface, the pump configured to rotate about an axis of rotation; a pump reservoir statically coupled to the fluid pump and configured to fluidly couple to the target reservoir, the pump reservoir including a collection area defined along a portion of the pump reservoir radially outward of the axis of rotation; and a liquid separation member arranged along a portion of the collection area, the liquid separation member including a membrane configured to preferentially permit liquid flow therethrough.