# US 2023/0413677 A1 · Micro blower

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- Number: US 2023/0413677 A1
- Document ID: US20230413677A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 18/209,066
- Filed: 2023-06-13
- Published: 2023-12-21
- Earliest claimed: 2022-06-21
- Assignees: Chung Yuan Christian University
- Applicants: Chung-Yuan Christian University
- Inventors: YUNG TING; SHEUAN-PERNG LIN; CHIH-HSUAN YU; RENO PANGESTU
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230413677A1

## CPC

- F04B 45/047: Pumps having electric drive
- H10N 30/2047: {Membrane type}
- F04B 43/046: {with piezoelectric drive}
- F04D 25/16: Combinations of two or more pumps {; Producing two or more separate gas flows}
- F04D 29/023: {especially adapted for elastic fluid pumps}
- F04D 29/403: {especially adapted for elastic fluid pumps}
- F04D 29/582: {specially adapted for elastic fluid pumps}
- F04D 33/00: Non-positive-displacement pumps with other than pure rotation, e.g. of oscillating type (F04D35/00 takes precedence; hand-held fans A45B)
- H05K 7/20563: {within sub-racks for removing heat from electronic boards}
- H10N 30/802: {Circuitry or processes for operating piezoelectric or electrostrictive devices not otherwise provided for, e.g. drive circuits}
- F04B: POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS (machines for liquids, or pumps, of rotary-piston or oscillating-piston type F04C; non-positive-displacement pumps F04D; pumping of fluid by direct contact of another fluid or by using inertia of fluid to be pumped F04F)
- H10N: ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F04D: NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS (engine fuel-injection pumps F02M; ion pumps H01J41/12; electrodynamic pumps H02K44/02)
- H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS

## Abstract

A micro blower includes a base metal sheet, a flowing channel layer, a sandwich metal sheet, a capping layer and two first piezoelectric vibrators. The flowing channel layer is connected to the top of the base metal sheet and includes a first chamber, a second chamber, an inlet channel, a linking channel and an outlet channel. The inlet channel links to the first chamber and includes an inlet channel inlet size and an inlet channel outlet size, and the inlet channel inlet size is smaller than the inlet channel outlet size. The linking channel links to the first chamber and the second chamber and includes a linking channel inlet size and a linking channel outlet size, and the linking channel inlet size is smaller than the linking channel outlet size.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A micro blower, applied to a heat generating element, the micro blower comprising:
a base metal layer;
a flowing channel layer, connected to a top of the base metal layer, the flowing channel layer comprising:
a first chamber;
a second chamber;
an inlet channel, linking to the first chamber and comprising an inlet channel inlet size and an inlet channel outlet size, the inlet channel inlet size being smaller than the inlet channel outlet size;
a linking channel, linking to the first chamber and the second chamber and comprising a linking channel inlet size and a linking channel outlet size, the linking channel inlet size being smaller than the linking channel outlet size; and
an outlet channel, linking to the second chamber and comprising an outlet channel inlet size and an outlet channel outlet size, the outlet channel inlet size being smaller than the outlet channel outlet size;
a sandwich metal sheet, connected to a top of the flowing channel layer;
a capping layer, connected to a top of the sandwich metal sheet and comprising two accommodating regions, the two accommodating regions located above the first chamber and the second chamber, respectively; and
two first piezoelectric vibrators, located on tops and placed in centers of the two accommodating regions, respectively, and bonded on the top of the sandwich metal sheet, wherein each of the two first piezoelectric vibrators vibrates along a vibration direction when the two piezoelectric vibrators are driven, so as to change volumes of the first chamber and the second chamber to thereby generate an air flow.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The micro blower according to claim 1, wherein a first ratio is present between the inlet channel outlet size and the inlet channel inlet size and ranges between 1.5 and 2.0.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The micro blower according to claim 1, wherein a second ratio is present between the linking channel outlet size and the linking channel inlet size and ranges between 1.5 and 2.0.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The micro blower according to claim 1, wherein a third ratio is present between the outlet channel outlet size and the outlet channel inlet size and ranges between 1.5 and 2.0.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The micro blower according to claim 1, wherein each of the two first piezoelectric vibrators comprises a first piezoelectric ceramic vibrator and a first linking sheet, the first piezoelectric ceramic vibrator covers the first linking sheet, and the first linking sheet is bonded to the sandwich metal sheet exposed from the accommodating region.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The micro blower according to claim 1, further comprising two second piezoelectric vibrators, wherein the two second piezoelectric vibrators are connected to a bottom of the base metal layer and are aligned with the first chamber and the second chamber, respectively.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The micro blower according to claim 6, wherein each of the two second piezoelectric vibrators comprises a second piezoelectric ceramic vibrator and a second linking sheet, the second piezoelectric ceramic vibrator covers the second linking sheet, and the second linking sheets of the two second piezoelectric vibrators are bonded to the bottom of the sandwich metal sheet and are aligned with the first chamber and the second chamber, respectively.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The micro blower according to claim 7, further comprising:
a drive circuit, electrically connected to the first piezoelectric ceramic vibrators of the two first piezoelectric vibrators and the second piezoelectric ceramic vibrators of the two second piezoelectric vibrators, the drive circuit for providing a drive control power supply to cause each first piezoelectric ceramic vibrator and each second piezoelectric ceramic vibrator to vibrate along the vibration direction.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The micro blower according to claim 1, wherein when either of the first chamber and the second chamber receives vibration and contracts, the other receives vibration and expands.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The micro blower according to claim 1, wherein heights of the first chamber and the second chamber are between 0.02 and 2 mm.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The micro blower according to claim 1, wherein the heat generating element is located on an outside of the outlet channel.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The micro blower according to claim 1, wherein the heat generating element is located on a bottom of the second chamber.
