EP 1910217 A2 20080416 - HEAT ACTIVATED NANOMETER-SCALE PUMP
Title (en)
HEAT ACTIVATED NANOMETER-SCALE PUMP
Title (de)
WÄRMEAKTIVIERTE PUMPE IM NANOMETERBEREICH
Title (fr)
POMPE A L'ECHELLE NANOMETRIQUE THERMOACTIVEE
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 2006028113 W 20060719
- US 70089405 P 20050719
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO2007012028A2] A pump is provided that includes a nanometer- scale beam that is suspended in a housing. The housing may include a number of apertures such that molecules can move in and out of the housing. The nanometer- scale beam may be suspended as a jump rope or as a cantilever. The movement of the nanometer- scale beam may be mechanically stopped from moving in a particular way (e.g. , towards a particular end of the housing) . Thus, for example, the beam and the stop work together to pump molecules in the direction that the beam bounces off the stop. The speed and movement of the nanometer- scale beam can also be influenced either electrostatically or electromagnetically . As such, the speed and direction that a working substance is pumped by a nanometer- scale beam may be electrically controlled.
IPC 8 full level
B81B 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
B81B 3/0051 (2013.01 - EP US); F04B 19/00 (2013.01 - EP US); F04B 19/006 (2013.01 - EP US); B81B 2201/036 (2013.01 - EP US); B81B 2203/0118 (2013.01 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 2007012028 A2 20070125; WO 2007012028 A3 20070419; EP 1910217 A2 20080416; US 2007048160 A1 20070301
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 2006028113 W 20060719; EP 06787919 A 20060719; US 49040806 A 20060719