Fluid control device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12276274-B2
Application number	US-202318191100-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 28, 2023
Priority date	Sep 30, 2020
Publication date	Apr 15, 2025
Grant date	Apr 15, 2025

Abstract

A fluid control device has a housing. A first main plate of the housing includes a vibration portion, on which a drive body is disposed, having a rotationally symmetric shape in plan view, and multiple openings which is formed outside the vibration portion and through which a pump chamber and the outside communicate with each other. A second main plate includes an opening through which the pump chamber and the outside communicate with each other and which has a rotationally symmetric shape in plan view. The opening is arranged to include the center of the vibration portion in plan view of the first main plate and the second main plate. An opening area of the opening is from 10% to 75% of an area of the vibration portion.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A fluid control device, comprising:
a housing, wherein a pump chamber is provided in the housing using a first main plate and a second main plate facing each other; and
a drive body disposed on the first main plate and configured to vibrate the first main plate,
wherein the first main plate includes a vibration portion, an outer frame portion, a support portion, and a first opening, the drive body being disposed on the vibration portion, and the vibration portion having a rotationally symmetric shape in plan view, the outer frame portion being positioned outside the vibration portion, the support portion connecting the vibration portion and the outer frame portion, and the first opening being surrounded by the vibration portion, the outer frame portion, and the support portion, and the pump chamber and an outside of the first main plate communicating with each other through the first opening,
wherein the second main plate includes a second opening, the pump chamber and an outside of the second main plate communicating with each other through the second opening, and the second opening having a rotationally symmetric shape in plan view,
wherein the second opening is arranged to overlap a center of the vibration portion of the first main plate in plan view and a center of the second main plate in plan view,
wherein an opening area of the second opening is from 10% to 75% of an area of the vibration portion,
wherein the vibration portion has a central portion including the center in plan view and a peripheral portion surrounding the central portion,
wherein the central portion is thicker than the peripheral portion,
wherein the central portion has a shape protruding to a side of the pump chamber relative to the peripheral portion, and
wherein the central portion is located within the second opening in plan view.

2. The fluid control device according to claim 1 , wherein the housing includes a connection member disposed between the outer frame portion and the second main plate.

3. The fluid control device according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a flat plate mounted on the drive body.

4. The fluid control device according to claim 2 , wherein, a portion of the second main plate adjacent to the second opening is thinner than a portion of the second main plate overlapping the outer frame portion in plan view.

5. The fluid control device according to claim 1 , wherein an outer periphery of the central portion overlaps a portion of the second main plate not having the second opening in plan view.

6. The fluid control device according to claim 5 , wherein the central portion has a shape further protruding to a side opposite to the side of the pump chamber relative to the peripheral portion.

7. The fluid control device according to claim 6 , further comprising:
a flat plate mounted on the drive body.

8. The fluid control device according to claim 5 , further comprising:
a flat plate mounted on the drive body.

9. The fluid control device according to claim 5 , wherein, a portion of the second main plate adjacent to the second opening is thinner than a portion of the second main plate overlapping the outer frame portion in plan view.

10. The fluid control device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a flat plate mounted on the drive body.

11. The fluid control device according to claim 1 , wherein, a portion of the second main plate adjacent to the second opening is thinner than a portion of the second main plate overlapping the outer frame portion in plan view.

12. The fluid control device according to claim 11 , wherein the portion adjacent to the second opening has a shape recessed into the second main plate on or toward the side of the pump chamber.

13. The fluid control device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a valve member disposed in the pump chamber between the first main plate and the second main plate.

14. The fluid control device according to claim 13 ,
wherein the valve member includes
an annular valve membrane and
a fixing member fixing an end portion of the valve membrane on a side of an outer periphery to the first main plate or the second main plate, and

an end portion of the fixing member on a side of an inner periphery does not overlap the second opening.

15. A fluid control device, comprising:
a housing, wherein a pump chamber is provided in the housing using a first main plate and a second main plate facing each other; and
a drive body disposed on the first main plate and configured to vibrate the first main plate,
wherein the first main plate includes a vibration portion, an outer frame portion, a support portion, and a first opening, the drive body being disposed on the vibration portion, and the vibration portion having a rotationally symmetric shape in plan view, the outer frame portion being positioned outside the vibration portion, the support portion connecting the vibration portion and the outer frame portion, and the first opening being surrounded by the vibration portion, the outer frame portion, and the support portion, and the pump chamber and an outside of the first main plate communicating with each other through the first opening,
wherein the second main plate includes a second opening, the pump chamber and an outside of the second main plate communicating with each other through the second opening, and the second opening having a rotationally symmetric shape in plan view,
wherein the second opening is arranged to overlap a center of the vibration portion of the first main plate in plan view and a center of the second main plate in plan view,
wherein an opening area of the second opening is from 10% to 75% of an area of the vibration portion,
wherein a valve member is disposed in the pump chamber between the first main plate and the second main plate,
wherein the valve member includes:
an annular valve membrane, and
a fixing member fixing an end portion of the valve membrane on a side of an outer periphery to the first main plate or the second main plate, and

wherein an end portion of the fixing member on a side of an inner periphery does not overlap the second opening.

Assignees

• Murata Manufacturing Co

Inventors

• KAWABATA Yutoku
• Tanaka Nobuhira

Classifications

• F04B45/10

  having plate-like flexible members · CPC title

• F04B43/04

  Pumps having electric drive · CPC title

• F04B43/046

  with piezoelectric drive · CPC title

• F04B45/047 Primary

  Pumps having electric drive · CPC title

• F04B45/04

  having plate-like flexible members, e.g. diaphragms (F04B45/10 takes precedence) · CPC title