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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120037236 | MANIPULATION OF MAGNETIC PARTICLES IN CONDUITS FOR THE PROPAGATION OF DOMAIN WALLS A system and a method for the controlled manipulation of any number of magnetic particles in solution are shown. The system and the method of the present invention are based on the employment of magnetic conduits properly structured in order to inject, move and annihila... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120018004 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING FLOW ABOUT A TURRET Methods and apparatus are provided to control flow separation of an ambient flow along a surface and about a turret, such as by reducing flow separation aft of the turret. By reducing flow separation, the resulting turbulence may be similarly reduced such that the perfo... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20110297239 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE ELECTROMAGNETIC STIRRING OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE FLUIDS The invention relates to a method and to a device for the electromagnetic stirring of electrically conductive fluids in the liquid state and/or in the state of onsetting solidification of the fluid, using a rotating magnetic field that is produced in the horizontal plan... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110290358 | DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION A device for displaying information comprising at least one display element which includes: a liquid, the surface energy thereof being variable by means of an electric field; a first and a second volume for receiving the liquid, wherein said first and said second volume... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110284113 | DRAG MODIFICATION SYSTEM Drag experienced by a vehicle traveling through an environmental media, such as air or water, may be modified by one or more energy beams which may increase or decrease drag. Environmental media may be adjusted by microwave, chemical, ultrasonic, acoustic (including sub... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110262710 | Rheological Fluids for Particle Removal Methods and apparatus for cleaning a substrate (e.g., wafer) in the fabrication of semiconductor devices utilizing electrorheological (ER) and magnetorheological (MR) fluids to remove contaminant residual particles from the substrate surface are provided.... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110197970 | FLUID PROCESSING UNIT COMPRISING ONE OR MORE CASSETTES The present invention relates to a fluid processing unit through which fluid may flow while being processed. The fluid processing unit comprises a casing and one or more cassettes each comprising an outer housing being arranged so that the outer housing forms at least a... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110192481 | Modular Control Device, Especially of an Electro-Fluidic Type A modular control device (1) is proposed, containing a support module arrangement (3) equipped with a control module arrangement (15). Additionally provided information-carrying modules (42) make it possible to make information regarding the ... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110186164 | GENERATING BINARY STATES USING A MICROFLUIDIC CHANNEL Methods and devices for using one or more fluidic channels for generating binary states are described. In particular, the present teachings relate to incorporating such fluidic channels into devices that use the generated binary states in various applications.... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110138838 | DEVICE FOR VARYING THE PRESSURE OF A PNEUMATIC FLUID THROUGH DISPLACEMENT OF LIQUID DROPLETS AND HEAT PUMP USING SUCH A DEVICE A heat pump comprising at least two devices for displacement of droplets of liquid by electro-wetting, where one comprises a control unit such that it forms a compressor (18) of the pneumatic fluid confined between the droplets of liquid, where the other comprise... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110114192 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DROPLET MOTION IN ELECTRIC FIELD AND METHOD OF THE SAME The present invention relates to an apparatus for controlling droplet motion in an electric field by reducing volume of a single droplet to a very small volume using a strong electric field and controlling a position of a droplet using a repulsive force of the same pola... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110100475 | BOUNDARY LAYER ENERGISER A boundary layer energiser (20) for energising a boundary layer flow (33) over a surface (22), the boundary layer energiser (20) comprising one or more passages (24) terminating in one or more respective holes (26) provided on t... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110097218 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A FLUID FLOW An apparatus includes a hydrophilic surface configured to drive flow of a polar fluid responsive to an exclusion zone (EZ) effect, the EZ being formed near the hydrophilic surface. An energy source may provide energy to form or maintain the EZ.... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110088802 | Liquid Arc Induced Cavitation (LAIC) System A liquid arc induced cavitation (LAIC) system (also referred to as a pulsed arc electrohydraulic discharge system) for use in reducing contaminants in liquids (e.g. water), having: a moving electrode positioning mechanism with feedback sensors to control the electrode g... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110060271 | CREATING, DIRECTING AND STEERING REGIONS OF INTENSITY OF WAVE PROPAGATION IN INHOMOGENEOUS MEDIA Known time reversal methods consist of three steps which may be listed as (i) the recording of signals and (ii) the time reversing of the recorded signals, and (iii) the transmission of the time-reversed signals. The first and third steps of the above process are retain... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20110030826 | MAGNETIC ASSEMBLY, A FLUID-FLOW ASSEMBLY AND AN INDICATOR The invention provides a magnetic assembly, the assembly comprising: a magnet (4); and a ferromagnetic component (6) having at least two regions of different Curie temperature, the magnet (4) and the ferromagnetic component being movable with respec... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110023973 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANIPULATING FLUID MEDIUM A system for manipulating a fluid medium is disclosed. The system comprises a plurality of particles suspended in the fluid medium, and a light source configured for irradiating the particles by light to induce nonlinear optical effects. The particles are constituted su... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110005628 | Magnetohydrodynamic Fluid Conditioner An assembly for the magnetic treatment of fluids such as liquids and gases. The treatment device is a hollow outer sleeve having magnets along the inside wall of the outer sleeve. An inner fluid conduit with a weak magnetic response can be provided in the outer sleeve. ... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20100326534 | SYSTEM & METHOD FOR REDUCING VISCOUS FORCE BETWEEN A FLUID AND A SURFACE A metamaterial has a magnetic permeability response at frequencies sufficient to generate a repulsive force between a fluid and a surface to which the metamaterial may be applied. The metamaterial may be nanofabricated such that an absolute value of the magnetic permeab... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100236637 | Surface Ventilator For A Compliant-Surface Flow-Control Device A compliant-surface flow-control device for reducing drag on objects moving through fluids is described. The device has a substrate having a plurality of ridges, a porous membrane covering the substrate, and interior spaces between the porous membrane and the substrate ... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100212762 | MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEM BASED ON ACTUATOR ELEMENTS The present invention provides a microfluidic system comprising a plurality of ciliary actuator elements (10) located at an inner surface (14) of a wall (15) of a microchannel (16) of the microfluidic system at a first location. The microflui... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100200091 | Method and Apparatus for Efficient Micropumping Efficient micro-pumping of gas/liquids is provided. In one embodiment a pipeline of insulative material can be asymmetrically coated with electrodes. The asymmetric coating can affect the flow passage to create straight and swirl pumping effects. The electrodes can incl... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100192678 | DEVICE AND METHOD OF PARTICLE FOCUSING A method of focusing a plurality of discrete particles. The method comprises establishing a flow of a fluid medium carrying a plurality of discrete particles within a capillary having a plurality of separate walls and a longitudinal axis. The method further includes vib... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100180952 | CONTROLLED FORMATION OF HYDRATES The invention relates to a method for reducing or avoiding deposition of a hydrocarbon hydrate on a surface that is in contact with a hydrocarbon flow which contains water, the method comprising controlling the nucleation of dry hydrocarbon hydrate crystals in the flow.... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100163129 | LIQUID CONVEYING APPARATUS AND LIQUID CONVEYING METHOD USING MICRO-FLUID DEVICE An apparatus system for controlling liquid in a fluid channel in a micro-fluid device has an ultrasonic oscillator for conveying liquid. The ultrasonic oscillator oscillates with amplitude modulation. The apparatus system has a holding section for holding the micro-flui... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100149906 | Liquid Accelerator and Chemical Mixing Apparatus and Method The liquid accelerator and chemical mixing system apparatus is a means for generating a velocity head differential to a current of liquid in a liquid environment or liquid containment means or a natural water body. The generating means includes a venturi eductor, having... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100108166 | Apparatus and Method for Axially Transferring Fluids to a Plurality of Components An apparatus for axially transferring fluid may comprise an elongated shaft defining a first fluid passageway axially therethrough and a second fluid passageway from an outer surface thereof to the first fluid passageway. An elongated tube member defines an outer surfac... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100058840 | NEBULIZER WASTE PRESSURE REDUCER FOR HPLC SYSTEMS A High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) system including a pressure reducer assembly for reducing pressurized streams to ambient pressure. The pressure reducer assembly includes first and second flow restrictors, each coupled to a common chamber that acts as a s... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100043900 | Advanced Modified High Performance Synthetic Jet Actuator With Curved Chamber The advanced modified high performance synthetic jet actuator with optimized curvature shape chamber (ASJA-M) is a synthetic jet actuator (SJA) with a lower volume reservoir or chamber. A curved chamber is used, instead of the conventional cylinder chamber, to reduce th... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100011779 | TURBINE WITH FLUIDICALLY-CONTROLLED VALVE AND SWIRLER WITH A BLEED HOLE A fluidically-controlled valve is provided. The fluidically-controlled valve includes a main flow channel with a main flow entrance, a flow exit and a constricted channel section located between the main flow entrance and the flow exit. The fluidically-controlled valve ... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20090242059 | PDMS MICROFLUIDIC COMPONENTS AND METHODS OF OPERATION OF THE SAME Component microfluidic devices which are integrated with polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) microfluidic chips, include designs for an electrical and optical pressure gauge, valve, electrostatic and magnetic pumps, alternating or mixing pumps, a solenoid, a magnetometer, a mag... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090178716 | System and Method for Acoustic Focusing Hardware and Implementations The present invention is a method and apparatus for acoustic focusing hardware and implementations.... | 07/16/2009 |
| 20090151804 | Cooling medium flow path The present invention provides a cooling medium flow path for improving cooling efficiency of a cooling medium used for liquid-cooling systems for motors, radiators and the like. The cooling medium flow path according to the present inventi... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090145502 | FLOW SYSTEM AND A MICRO FLUIDIC SYSTEM COMPRISING A FLOW SYSTEM A flow system (1) comprising a first part (2) and a second part (3), the parts (2, 3) being made from materials having different coefficients of thermal expansion. The first (2) and second (3) parts are positioned relatively to ... | 06/11/2009 |
| 20080302431 | Device for Moving and Treating Volumes of Liquid A device for displacing a small volume of liquid under the effect of an electric control, including a first substrate with a hydrophobic surface provided with a first electrical conductor, a second electrical conductor positioned facing the first conductor, and a third ... | 12/11/2008 |
| 20080277004 | Inlet Electromagnetic Flow Control A method to manipulate boundary layer conditions within a ducted fluid flow is provided. This method may be used to attach fluid flow to ducted surfaces bounding the fluid flow. This involves flowing a fluid over the surface wherein the fluid contains positively charged... | 11/13/2008 |
| 20080163949 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TURBULENT FLOW DRAG REDUCTION The invention provides a system and method for turbulent flow drag reduction using discrete counter-rotating elements disposed adjacent a bounding surface and arranged to effectively disrupt or suppress stream-wise vortices and/or traveling waves thereby reducing turbul... | 07/10/2008 |
| 20080156373 | Fluidic Oscillator The invention relates to fluidic oscillators including compressed gas driven pumps and liquid piston and thermoacoustic heat engines and heat pumps in which the intention is to generate large amplitude oscillations by eliminating the dependence of the oscillations on in... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080105314 | Vortex Brake for a Liquid Drainage System A vortex brake (4) for a liquid drainage system has a vortex chamber (5), an inlet section (6) and an outlet (12), wherein liquid can flow into the inlet section (6), through this into the vortex chamber (5), through this and ou... | 05/08/2008 |
| 20080029173 | VARIABLE FLOW RESHAPABLE FLOW RESTRICTOR APPARATUS AND RELATED METHODS Disclosed in a novel apparatus and associated methods for controlling the flow around a reshapable flow restrictor. The flow restrictor reshapes as a function of the pressure differential within the flow restrictor. Small changes in the pressure differential allow for l... | 02/07/2008 |
