Pump and fluid control device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11293428-B2
Application number	US-202016922036-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 7, 2020
Priority date	Jan 10, 2018
Publication date	Apr 5, 2022
Grant date	Apr 5, 2022

Abstract

A pump includes a first pump chamber defined by a first plate-shaped body and a second plate-shaped body, a second pump chamber defined by the first plate-shaped body and a third plate-shaped body, and a driving body. The driving body causes a pressure fluctuation, by causing the first plate-shaped body to undergo bending vibration, in both the first pump chamber and the second pump chamber. The first plate-shaped body is provided with a plurality of first hole portions that does not overlap with an axis orthogonal to the central portion of the first plate-shaped body, and a check valve is attached to each of the plurality of first hole portions. The second plate-shaped body and the third plate-shaped body are respectively provided with second hole portions and third hole portions, and no check valve is attached to the second hole portions and the third hole portions.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A pump comprising:
a first plate-shaped body;
a second plate-shaped body facing the first plate-shaped body;
a third plate-shaped body located on an opposite side to a side on which the second plate-shaped body is located when viewed from the first plate-shaped body, and facing the first plate-shaped body;
a first peripheral wall portion connecting a peripheral edge portion of the first plate-shaped body and a peripheral edge portion of the second plate-shaped body to each other;
a second peripheral wall portion connecting the peripheral edge portion of the first plate-shaped body and a peripheral edge portion of the third plate-shaped body to each other;
a first pump chamber located between the first plate-shaped body and the second plate-shaped body, and defined by the first plate-shaped body, the second plate-shaped body, and the first peripheral wall portion;
a second pump chamber located between the first plate-shaped body and the third plate-shaped body, and defined by the first plate-shaped body, the third plate-shaped body, and the second peripheral wall portion; and
a driving body causing a pressure fluctuation, by causing the first plate-shaped body to undergo bending vibration, in both of the first pump chamber and the second pump chamber,
wherein the first plate-shaped body is provided with a plurality of first hole portions, and a check valve is attached to each of the plurality of first hole portions,
each of the plurality of first hole portions is arranged, when viewed along an extending direction of an axis extending through a center of the first plate-shaped body, in a region not overlapping with the axis,
at least one of the second plate-shaped body and the first peripheral wall portion is provided with one or a plurality of second hole portions, and no check valve is attached to each of the one or plurality of second hole portions, and
at least one of the third plate-shaped body and the second peripheral wall portion is provided with one or a plurality of third hole portions, and no check valve is attached to each of the one or plurality of third hole portions.

2. The pump according to claim 1 ,
wherein the one or plurality of second hole portions is arranged in a region not overlapping with each of the plurality of first hole portions, when viewed along the extending direction of the axis.

3. The pump according to claim 1 ,
wherein the one or plurality of third hole portions is arranged in a region not overlapping with each of the plurality of first hole portions, when viewed along the extending direction of the axis.

4. The pump according to claim 1 ,
wherein the driving body causes the first plate-shaped body to undergo bending vibration so as to generate a standing wave in the first plate-shaped body with the axis as the center of the first plate-shaped body such that an antinode of vibration is provided in the center of the first plate-shaped body, and
each of the plurality of first hole portions is arranged in a region not overlapping with a node of vibration provided in the first plate-shaped body.

5. The pump according to claim 4 ,
wherein the plurality of first hole portions is annularly arranged, in a point sequence shape, at positions between a circumference of the first plate-shaped body and the axis with the axis as the center of the first plate-shaped body, when viewed along the extending direction of the axis.

6. The pump according to claim 5 ,
wherein a distance between adjacent first hole portions of the plurality of first hole portions is smaller than a distance between the axis and each of the plurality of first hole portions.

7. The pump according to claim 4 ,
wherein the first plate-shaped body is caused to undergo bending vibration by the driving body such that an antinode of vibration is provided also at a position excluding the center of the first plate-shaped body.

8. The pump according to claim 7 ,
wherein at least one of the plurality of first hole portions is arranged in a region overlapping with the antinode of vibration formed at the position excluding the center of the first plate-shaped body.

9. The pump according to claim 8 ,
wherein each of the plurality of first hole portions is arranged in the region overlapping with the antinode of vibration provided at the position excluding the center of the first plate-shaped body.

10. The pump according to claim 7 ,
wherein each of the plurality of first hole portions is arranged in a region in an outer side portion relative to a node of vibration provided at a position farthest from the center of the first plate-shaped body, among nodes of vibration provided in a region excluding the peripheral edge portion of the first plate-shaped body.

11. The pump according to claim 7 ,
wherein the one or plurality of second hole portions is arranged in a region not overlapping with the antinode of vibration at a position excluding the center of the first plate-shaped body.

12. The pump according to claim 11 ,
wherein the one or plurality of second hole portions is arranged in a region overlapping with the node of vibration provided in the first plate-shaped body, when viewed along the extending direction of the axis.

13. The pump according to claim 7 ,
wherein the one or plurality of third hole portions is arranged in a region not overlapping with the antinode of vibration at a position excluding the center of the first plate-shaped body.

14. The pump according to claim 13 ,
wherein the one or plurality of third hole portions is arranged in a region overlapping with the node of vibration provided in the first plate-shaped body, when viewed along the extending direction of the axis.

15. The pump according to claim 1 ,
wherein the driving body causes the first plate-shaped body to undergo bending vibration so as to generate a standing wave in the first plate-shaped body with the axis as the center of the first plate-shaped body such that an antinode of vibration is provided in the center of the first plate-shaped body,
each of the plurality of first hole portions is arranged in a region not overlapping with a node of vibration provided in the first plate-shaped body,
the one or plurality of second hole portions includes a plurality of the second hole portions,
the one or plurality of third hole portions includes a plurality of the third hole portions,
the plurality of first hole portions is annularly arranged, in a point sequence shape, at positions between a circumference of the first plate-shaped body and the axis with the axis as the center of the first plate-shaped body, when viewed along the extending direction of the axis,
the plurality of second hole portions is annularly arranged, in a point sequence shape, at positions between a circumference of the first plate-shaped body and the axis with the axis as the center of the first plate-shaped body, when viewed along the extending direction of the axis, and
the plurality of third hole portions is annularly arranged, in a point sequence shape, at positions between a circumference of the first plate-shaped body and the axis with the axis as the center of the first plate-shaped body, when viewed along the extending direction of the axis.

16. The pump according to claim 15 ,
wherein the plurality of second hole portions is all arranged in a region not overlapping with each of the plurality of first hole portions when viewed along the extending direction of the axis, and
the plurality of third hole portions is all arranged in a region not overlapping with each of the plurality of first

Assignees

• Murata Manufacturing Co

Inventors

• Tanaka Nobuhira

Classifications

• F04B45/047

  Pumps having electric drive · CPC title

• F04B43/04 Primary

  Pumps having electric drive · CPC title

• F04B45/10

  having plate-like flexible members · CPC title

• F04B45/045 Primary

  with in- or outlet valve arranged in the plate-like pumping flexible members · CPC title