- Patent Title: Piezoelectric valve module, method for manufacturing the valve module, method for operating the valve module, and respiratory aid device including one or more of the valve modules
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Application No.: US16295410Application Date: 2019-03-07
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Publication No.: US10941880B2Publication Date: 2021-03-09
- Inventor: Domenico Giusti , Oriana Rita Antonia Di Marco , Igor Varisco
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Applicant Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Agency: Crowe & Dunlevy
- Priority: IT102018000003552 20180314
- Main IPC: F16K99/00
- IPC: F16K99/00 ; A61M16/20 ; B81B3/00 ; B81C1/00 ; A61M39/22

Abstract:
A valve module includes a semiconductor body, cavities in the semiconductor body separated from each other by a distance, a cantilever structure suspended over each cavity to enable at least partial closing of the cavity, and a piezoelectric actuator for each cantilever structure. The piezoelectric actuator is configured for use to cause a positive bending of the respective cantilever structure and so modulate a rate of air flow through the valve module.
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