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US08172375B2 Valve and actuator employing capillary electrowetting phenomenon 有权
阀门和执行器采用毛细管电润湿现象

  • 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
  • Application No.: US11721962
    Application Date: 2005-12-19
  • Publication No.: US08172375B2
    Publication 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
Valve and actuator employing capillary electrowetting phenomenon
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.
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