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.: US11721962Application Date: 2005-12-19
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Publication No.: US08172375B2Publication Date: 2012-05-08
- 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
- International Application: PCT/JP2005/023300 WO 20051219
- International Announcement: WO2006/064949 WO 20060622
- Main IPC: B41J2/17
- IPC: B41J2/17

Abstract:
A valve includes: a passage having a first passage which communicates an atmosphere-communicating passage and outside of a cartridge body, and a second passage which branches from the first passage; an electrode provided on a wall surface forming the second passage; an electrode provided on a wall surface of a bottom wall lid forming the first passage; a driver IC which applies a predetermined voltage selectively to one of these two kinds of electrodes; an insulating film provided on a surface of the electrode; and an insulating film provided on a surface of the electrode. 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
- US20080094448A1 Valve And Actuator Employing Capillary Electrowetting Phenomenon Public/Granted day:2008-04-24
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