Micromotors, linear motors, micropumps, methods of using the same, microactuators, methods of controlling flow properties of fluids, and apparatuses for controlling flow properties of fluids
AssigneeNew Technology Management Co., Ltd.
InventorsShinichi Yokota, Yasufumi Otsubo, Takeshi Nakada, Kazuya Edamura
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Abstract
The present invention provides a use of an electro-sensitive movable fluid, that is, a micromotor, a linear motor, a micropump and a method of using the micropump, a microactuator, and an apparatus which these devices are applied to, and a method and an apparatus of controlling flow properties of a fluid.
Claims10
A method of controlling flow properties of a moving fluid, comprising the steps of arranging in a fluid at least one pair of electrodes capable of forming a non-uniform electric field in the fluid, applying a voltage between the electrodes to produce a jet flow of the fluid between the electrodes and in a shear direction of a flow of the fluid, and controlling flow properties of the fluid by the jet flow.
An apparatus for controlling flow properties of a moving fluid, said apparatus comprising a fluid having therein at least one pair of electrodes capable of forming a non-uniform electric field, said electrodes being arranged in such manner that a voltage can be applied between the electrodes, and a gap to be filled with the fluid is formed between the electrodes such that a jet flow of fluid is produced between the electrodes and in a shear direction of fluid flow.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.