A pumping system includes a conduit with an inlet region and an outlet region and a first pump coupled with the conduit between the inlet region and the outlet region. The first pump includes a first actuator chamber configured to house at least a first actuator, a first pump chamber aligned along a longitudinal axis of the conduit, wherein the first pump chamber is in fluid communication with the inlet region and the outlet region, and a first flexible diaphragm separating the first actuator chamber from the first pump chamber. Methods for operating the pumping system are also disclosed.
| Author(s): | Shane Karl Mitchell and Eric Lucas Acome and Christoph Matthias Keplinger |
| Number (issue): | US Patent App. 17/635,339 |
| Year: | 2022 |
| Month: | October |
| Day: | 6 |
| BibTeX Type: | Patent (patent) |
| Electronic Archiving: | grant_archive |
| URL: | https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/f1/b7/51/c10d8911dd2ace/US20220316466A1.pdf |
BibTeX
@patent{PCT-US2022-17635339,
title = {Hydraulically Amplified Self-Healing Electrostatic (HASEL) Pumps},
abstract = {A pumping system includes a conduit with an inlet region and an outlet region and a first pump coupled with the conduit between the inlet region and the outlet region. The first pump includes a first actuator chamber configured to house at least a first actuator, a first pump chamber aligned along a longitudinal axis of the conduit, wherein the first pump chamber is in fluid communication with the inlet region and the outlet region, and a first flexible diaphragm separating the first actuator chamber from the first pump chamber. Methods for operating the pumping system are also disclosed.},
number = {US Patent App. 17/635,339},
month = oct,
year = {2022},
author = {Mitchell, Shane Karl and Acome, Eric Lucas and Keplinger, Christoph Matthias},
url = {https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/f1/b7/51/c10d8911dd2ace/US20220316466A1.pdf},
month_numeric = {10}
}