Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Valve and actuator employing capillary electrowetting phenomenon
- Patent Title (中): 阀门和执行器采用毛细管电润湿现象
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Application No.: US13433024Application Date: 2012-03-28
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Publication No.: US08348391B2Publication Date: 2013-01-08
- Inventor: Hiroto Sugahara
- Applicant: Hiroto Sugahara
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Baker Botts L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2004-365896 20041217
- Main IPC: B41J2/04
- IPC: B41J2/04

Abstract:
A valve 25 includes: a passage 33 having a first passage 31 which communicates an atmosphere-communicating passage 24 and outside of a cartridge body 10, and a second passage 32 which branches from the first passage; an electrode 35 provided on a wall surface forming the second passage 32; an electrode 37 provided on a wall surface of a bottom wall 11d forming the first passage 31; a driver IC 44 which applies a predetermined voltage selectively to one of these two kinds of electrodes 35, 37; an insulating film 36 provided on a surface of the electrode 35; and an insulating film 38 provided on a surface of the electrode 37. Accordingly, there is provided a valve which is capable of opening and closing a passage communicating two spaces separated from each other, which has no movable part, and which has a simple construction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120180894A1 VALVE AND ACTUATOR EMPLOYING CAPILLARY ELECTROWETTING PHENOMENON Public/Granted day:2012-07-19
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