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US 9,038,666 B2Granted
Electromagnetic flow controller
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsWei Chen, Kevin McMahan, Shiva Srinivasan
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Abstract
Systems, methods and apparatus for providing an electromagnetic flow controller. In one embodiment, an electromagnetic flow controller can have two substrates, a permanent magnet, and two electrical traces. One of the substrates may deflect away from the other substrate upon applying an electrical signal to at least one of the two electrical traces.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a first substrate with a first electrical trace thereon;
- and,
- a second substrate with a permanent magnet and a second electrical trace thereon and connected to the first substrate,
- wherein the first substrate deflects with respect to the second substrate when a first magnetic field generated by providing an electrical signal to the first electrical trace interacts with a second magnetic field of the permanent magnet.
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A method comprising:
- providing a first substrate with a first electrical trace thereon;
- providing a second substrate with a permanent magnet and a second electrical trace thereon and connected to the first substrate;
- generating a first magnetic field by providing a first electrical signal on the first electrical trace;
- and,
- deflecting the first substrate from with respect to the second substrate based at least in part on an interaction between the first magnetic field and a second magnetic field of the permanent magnet.
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A system comprising:
- a vane with an inner surface and an outer surface;
- an orifice through the vane extending from the inner surface to the outer surface;
- and,
- at least one electromagnetic flow controller disposed in proximity of the orifice on the inner surface,
- wherein a first fluid flows from the inner surface through the orifice and at least partially mixes with a second fluid after flowing through the orifice, and wherein each of the at least one electromagnetic flow controllers comprise:
- a first substrate with a first electrical trace thereon;
- and,
- a second substrate with a permanent magnet and a second electrical trace thereon and connected to the first substrate,
- wherein the first substrate deflects from the second substrate when an electrical signal is provided to the first electrical trace.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.