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US 2015/0316047 A1Published application
Fluid pump having material displaceable responsive to electrical energy
OwnerBrett Earl Forejtinventor
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Abstract
A fluid pump apparatus includes a conduit, a material supported on and surrounded by the conduit, and an electrical energy source coupled to the material and configured to apply electrical energy to the material. The material is physically displaced relative to the conduit in response to the electrical energy. The conduit is configured to receive therein a fluid that is physically displaced relative to the conduit in response to the physical displacement of the material.
Claims20
A fluid pump apparatus, comprising:
- a conduit;
- a material supported on and surrounded by said conduit;
- and
- an electrical energy source coupled to said material and configured to apply electrical energy to said material, wherein said material is physically displaced relative to said conduit in response to said electrical energy;
- wherein said conduit is configured to receive therein a fluid that is physically displaced relative to said conduit in response to the physical displacement of said material.
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An electrical apparatus, comprising:
- electrical circuitry that performs a desired function;
- and
- a pump arranged to propel a fluid to a location proximate said electrical circuitry, wherein said fluid effects transfer of heat away from said location, said pump including a conduit, a material supported on and surrounded by said conduit, and an electrical energy source coupled to said material and configured to apply electrical energy to said material, wherein said material is physically displaced relative to said conduit in response to said electrical energy, wherein said conduit is configured to receive said fluid therein, and wherein said fluid is physically displaced relative to said conduit in response to the physical displacement of said material.
A fluid system, comprising:
- a fluid source;
- a destination that requires pressurized fluid;
- and
- a pump arranged in fluid communication with said destination and said fluid source, said pump configured to provide pressurized fluid to said destination, said pump including a conduit, a material supported on and surrounded by said conduit, and an electrical energy source coupled to said material and configured to apply electrical energy to said material, wherein said material is physically displaced relative to said conduit in response to said electrical energy, and wherein fluid from said fluid source is received within said conduit and physically displaced relative to said conduit in response to the physical displacement of said material.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.