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US 8,136,767 B2Granted
Method and system for flow control with arrays of dual bimorph synthetic jet fluidic actuators
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsMichael Kent Cueman, Seyed Gholamali Saddoughi
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Abstract
A system and method for control of a fluid flow. The system includes an array of interdependent fluidic actuators, each including a chamber, a flow control port, and opposite side walls configured to expand apart and contract together to flow a control fluid through the flow control port in response to an input, wherein adjacent actuators in the array of interdependent fluidic actuators are integrally coupled together via a common side wall of the opposite side walls.
Claims12
A system for control of a fluid flow, comprising:
- an array of interdependent fluidic actuators, each comprising a chamber, a flow control port, and opposite side walls configured to expand apart and contract together to flow a control fluid through the flow control port in response to an input, wherein adjacent actuators in the array of interdependent fluidic actuators are integrally coupled together via a common side wall of the opposite side walls.
An aircraft, comprising:
- an aircraft body;
- a core engine coupled to the aircraft body;
- a system configured to control a flow of a fluid associated with the aircraft, comprising an array of interdependent fluidic actuators, each comprising a chamber, a flow control port, and opposite side walls configured to expand apart and contract together to flow a control fluid through the flow control port in response to an input, wherein adjacent actuators in the array of interdependent fluidic actuators are integrally coupled together via a common side wall of the opposite side walls.
An engine, comprising:
- a core engine;
- a system for control of a flow of a fluid associated with the engine, comprising an array of interdependent fluidic actuators, each comprising a chamber, a flow control port, and opposite side walls configured to expand apart and contract together to flow a control fluid through the flow control port in response to an input, wherein adjacent actuators in the array of interdependent fluidic actuators are integrally coupled together via a common side wall of the opposite side walls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.