Abstract: A pump has an inlet opening, an outlet opening, a pump diaphragm comprising an opening, provided with a passive check valve, through the pump diaphragm, and an actuator configured to move the pump diaphragm between a first position and a second position. The passive check valve is configured such that a movement from the first position in the direction toward the second position has a closing effect, and that a movement from the second position in the direction toward the first position has an opening effect, so that a pumping cycle wherein the pump diaphragm is moved from the first to the second positions, and back, causes a net flow from the inlet opening to the outlet opening.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 21, 2008
Publication date:
November 17, 2011
Applicant:
Frunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e. V.
Inventors:
Martin Wackerle, Juergen Kruckow, Martin Richter, Klaus Heinrich