Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Michael G. Grilly, Esq.
  • Modular flow control actuator
    Patent number: 6615857
    Abstract: The present invention is a flow control actuator capable of exciting a fluid via the coupling of edge tones generated along a wedge and resonance generated within a cavity. The invention consists of a resonance cavity and ejector port separated by a wedge with fluid flow provided by a pressurized cavity and directed through a throat over the wedge. Several actuators may be arranged independently or in a coupled arrangement to generate a pulsed fluid field of desired shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Combustion Research and Flow Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Neeraj Sinha, Srinivasan Arunajatesan