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US 2024/0029973 A1Published application
Electrically conductive membrane pressure switch
AssigneeClean Energy Labs, LLC
InventorJoseph F. Pinkerton
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Abstract
An electrically conductive membrane pressure switch, such as a graphene membrane pressure switch. The electrically conductive membrane pressure switch includes an electrically conductive membrane, source, drain plane, actuator, and movable element (such as a piston element). The actuator drives the movable element to create a pressure differential that moves the suspended section of the electrically conductive membrane between its on, off, and neutral states.
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An electrically conductive membrane pressure switch comprising:
- (a) an electrically conductive membrane comprising a suspended section of the electrically conductive membrane;
- (b) a source;
- (c) a drain plane;
- (d) an actuator;
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- (e) a movable element, wherein
- (i) the actuator is operable to drive the movable element to create a pressure differential that moves the suspended section of the electrically conductive membrane between on, off, and neutral states,
- (ii) the electrically conductive membrane is substantially in a plane when the suspended section of the electrically conductive membrane is in the neutral state,
- (iii) the driving of the moveable element away from the electrically conductive membrane results in a pressure drop that moves the suspended section of the electrically conductive membrane away from the source and drain plain to the off state, and
- (iv) the driving of the movable element toward the electrically conductive membrane results in a pressure increase that moves the suspended section of the electrically conductive membrane toward the drain plain to the on state.
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A method of using an electrically conductive membrane pressure switch, wherein
- (a) the electrically conductive membrane pressure switch comprises (i) an electrically conductive membrane comprising a suspended section of the electrically conductive membrane, (ii) a source, (iii) a drain plane, (iv) an actuator, and (v) a movable element, and
- (b) the method comprises utilizing the actuator to drive the moveable element to create a pressure differential that moves the suspended section of the electrically conductive membrane between on, off, and neutral states, wherein
- (i) the electrically conductive membrane is substantially in a plane when the suspended section of the electrically conductive membrane is in the neutral state,
- (ii) utilizing the actuator to drive of the movable element away from the electrically conductive membrane results in a pressure drop that moves the suspended section of the electrically conductive membrane away from the source and drain plain to the off state, and
- (iii) utilizing the actuator to drive the movable element toward the electrically conductive membrane results in a pressure increase that moves the suspended section of the electrically conductive membrane toward the drain plain to the on state.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.